I hit the road to drive back from Ohio yesterday morning before the sun came up, so I had no time for pictures or posts, unfortunately. Today, however, I’m back home, and it was a picture-perfect morning in Estabrook Park. I spotted the trio of deer, a doe with her two young bucks, at the south end, but they didn’t want to pose this morning, so I continued north towards the pond.
On the way, I found this northern flicker searching the lawn for breakfast amongst dozens of robins, and it must have found something good underground because it did not want to give it up as I snuck this picture.
The yellow-bellied sapsuckers have returned from up north, and here are a couple, but I didn’t see much yellow in their fall plumage.
I was happy to see that we still have warblers passing through, and here’s yet another female or immature male bay-breasted.
There was a trio of young spotted sandpipers working the shallow water just downstream of the northern island, and here’s one.
In previous years, I thought it was a big deal to spot a great egret in the park, and if I was lucky, it would hang around for a day or two. This year, they’ve been here for weeks, as many as four at once, and we still had two today. How awesome!
I still remember how excited I was when I finally managed to capture a picture of a great blue heron on the pond, back in 2020. Now they seem to be everywhere, and I’m lovin’ it.
Finally, the squirrels are busy as bees collecting nuts and hiding them through the park, and here’s a red squirrel taking a break to check me out.x
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 
That red squirrel’s doing a pretty good Travis Bickle impression.
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