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.”

  • RBNH

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  • The Avant-garde

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  • Bits and Bobs

    If you’re a new visitor, you should know that we accept donations to pay for the hosting of this blog.

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  • Red Fox

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  • But Wait…

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  • Winter’s Discontent

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  • Raptor Wednesday

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  • The Gall

    The IPCC’s latest report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, is very, very, very bad. I suppose we can chalk it up to irony that this “atlas of human suffering” comes out in the midst of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The bloody connections between autocracy and petroleum are well established: Putin’s Russia is a…

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  • Tracks

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  • Yard Birds

    Saw 18 species of birds in the yard (or passing over it!). Saw 14 other species of birds in the neighborhood or a away on the Hudson. You can help keep this blog blue-birding along… Remember: Trump’s first impeachment was for trying to extort President Zelensky by withholding security assistance from Ukraine for dirt on…

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