It feels like it still hasn’t gotten completely light out this morning, but I eventually gave up waiting for some sunshine and went out anyway.
There are a lot of fledglings around begging for food, and I suspect that well describes this male flicker who oddly refused to budge and just kept squawking as I tried to get a picture against the gray sky.
At the pond it appears that the wood duck hen is down to two ducklings. Perhaps the snapping turtle took the third. Oh well. That’s just nature’s way.
A green heron was also at the pond and intently fishing for its breakfast and/or a gullet full to bring back to a nest.
Back on the river, I suspect this mallard hen with her three almost-grown ducklings are the ones we first saw back on May 7. My, how they have grown, and don’t they all look just like their mom?
A bit farther up river I spotted the mallard hen with eleven.
And at the north end, here’s a mallard with seven fresh-looking little ones who might be the family that had eight yesterday.
Finally, the Canada goose goslings keep getting bigger, but check out the character in the middle wearing its food. There’s always one, isn’t there?
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 