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.”

mthew

  • And Another Gull

    Another big, white-winged gull on Pier 4 at Brooklyn Army Terminal. (This pier is used as a parking lot, so get there early before all the parking spaces are filled up and the gulls head out for their day’s business.) Glaucous Gull/Larus hyperboreus. A visitor from the far north. The Iceland Gull was also there.

  • Raptor Wednesday

    Raptor Wednesday
  • Ravens

    Ravens
  • Waste Not

    Another goose down. And this one shows the most severest signs of being scavenged.

    Waste Not
  • Ravens Three

    Two Ravens chased each other around and around while one waited on the rim of the smokestack The rival, I presume, was chased off. This was actually the second time on this day that I saw two Ravens battling it out in the sky as another flew behind them. I couldn’t get my camera on…

    Ravens Three
  • Raisin…

    Well dried fruit, anyway.

    Raisin…
  • More Trumpet

  • Raptor Wednesday

    American Kestrel drinking melting snow on roof.

  • Goldeneye

    And crab!

    Goldeneye