Monthly Archives: May 2021

First, the basics. The kids that I saw seemed to be all right on this cool and cloudy morning. The park was relatively empty, and I spotted a couple of wood ducks on the pond, so I sat on the bench to see if they would pay me a visit. It appears they have beenContinue reading “A wealth of warblers”

The breaking news is that the American toads (Anaxyrus americanus) are getting busy down on the river! That singing I heard for the first time yesterday and again today is from toads, not tree frogs, as I had mistakenly thought, and they are probably busy in the pond, too. On the little stretch of riverContinue reading “Toad-a-palooza!”

It’s a short report today ’cause we’ve got visitors. My fully-vaccinated mom and dad, whom we haven’t seen since December 2019, have stopped by, and Dad came along on the park walk this morning to act as my spotter. We hit the pond first, and the new family with goslings, the one on the northernContinue reading “Goslings galore!”

First, we’ve got goslings on the island in the pond at last, and I don’t think they’ve even gone for their first swim yet. There were none yesterday afternoon, and Dad was standing guard in his usual spot just offshore, but when I checked this morning, he was napping on the island for the firstContinue reading “May says to April, “hold my beer”…”