Well, the Canadian wildfire smoke is back and thicker than ever, so it was not a great day for taking pictures outdoors. It was a little fun, however, to take a picture directly at the sun a full hour after sunrise, although it did take a couple of tries to convince my autofocus that I really did mean to focus on that glowing orb 94.5 million miles away.
Nevertheless, I did squeeze off a couple of shots, and here’s the wood duck hen on the pond with her five remaining ducklings. It has been a tough spring on the pond for the wood ducks.
Here’s another wood pewee just chillin’ on a branch over the river.
And here’s a mallard hen with her eight, nearly-grown ducklings on the lower river and not waiting around to find out if I’m friend or foe. Can you tell which one is the hen?
And that’s it for today, I’m afraid. Let’s hope this smoke dissipates a bit by tomorrow.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 