Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Elusive Kingfisher

For such a vocal species, they sure are shy. I haven’t been able to get very close to the last few Belted Kingfishers to visit Sylvan Water. This one kept flying to the other side of the pond whenever people got anywhere near.

Here he’s on the pond’s island.

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