Monthly Archives: December 2021

If you’ve looked outside today, you might guess from the gloomy skies that this morning got off to a slow start, and you’d be right. On the flip side, the winds were calm, the temperatures were mild, and no precipitation was falling, yet. As I walked north along the river, several downy woodpeckers put onContinue reading “Doggone it! I forgot the title again.”

What a pretty morning to return to Estabrook! The skies stayed gray, but the fresh snow was marvelous. I spotted another bald eagle over the river this morning, a mature one with a white tail and head this time, but it didn’t want to stick around for pictures. Don’t worry. I’ll get one for youContinue reading “Our first dusting of snow…”

This afternoon, I went for a little hike with my sister, niece, and brother in Sleeping Giant State Park, about 8 miles down the road from my mom and dad’s place. As we reached what might be described as the chin of the “sleeping giant”, my niece, Lizzy, spotted these characters perched right on theContinue reading “A fascinating little surprise…”

Sorry about the radio silence. I’m on a quick trip out east for my mom’s birthday, and I thought for sure that I would have had time before now to send out an update, but clearly I thought wrong. I haven’t been able to take any new pictures in the park, obviously, but I doContinue reading “Sisters be sending me pics…”

It was nice and mild this morning, but I didn’t think it was ever going to get light out. The streetlights didn’t turn off until 8am, and that’s when I finally headed out the door. The first surprise came just above the falls where I found the hooded merganser hen taking a nap all byContinue reading “December Surprises!”