Monthly Archives: September 2023

It was another grey morning in Estabrook Park. At first, the sky overhead was clear, and there was just a tall cloud to the southeast blocking the sun, but then more clouds rolled in, and it even rained for a while. Good thing for big trees. Luckily, there were plenty of birds going about theirContinue reading “It was a dark and gloomy morning…”

The skies were dark and threatening over Estabrook Park this morning, but the temperature was mild, the wind was light, and the rain held off till nearly 10am, so I was able to sneak in and get a few pictures. The parade of warblers on their way to warmer climes continues, and here’s a northernContinue reading “Little critters…”

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 theContinue reading “More fall migrants…”

I’m still in Xenia, Ohio, and I had a nice visit to Sol Arnovitz Park this morning, but the show starts earlier today so I didn’t have enough time for the light to come up, and I have no new pictures for you today. Instead, let me just leave you with couple of pictures fromContinue reading “A quick look back…”

I’m at the Greene County Expo Center, “located in beautiful Xenia, Ohio” for Cycle-Con, a trade show devoted to mostly recumbent bicycles and tricycles, to show off the UWM PantherTrike. Anyway, I had some time this morning between sunrise and the start of the show, so I stopped by the picturesque Shawnee Park in townContinue reading “Howdy from Xenia, Ohio!”

It’s another beautiful morning, but I’ve gotta pack up the car and drive down to Ohio for a trade show, and I don’t have time to visit Estabrook Park today. Instead, here are a few pictures from yesterday that I couldn’t squeeze in. The great blue herons must have had a good breeding season becauseContinue reading “Some potential last looks…”

It was a curious morning in Estabrook Park. The sky above was nice and clear, but there was a huge cumulonimbus cloud to the southeast that blocked the sun quite effectively. It was cool, at 53°F, but the air was still, so it felt quite comfortable. In any case, the critters were quite active, perhapsContinue reading “More Estabrook and the last of Sedona”

The rain is done for now, and it became a beautiful morning in Estabrook Park after the clouds drifted away and the sun came out. It didn’t take me long to find this female rose-breasted grossbeak looking to bask a bit in that nice, warm morning sun. We hardly see them over the summer, soContinue reading “Finally back in Estabrook and Sedona part 2”

It’s a rainy morning in Estabrook Park, but I spent the weekend in Sedona, AZ, with a group of high school buddies, and we sprung for a guided birding tour, which was excellent, so here are some pictures from that. We started on foot right from our Airbnb and headed up the side of nearbyContinue reading “Sedona Report, Part 1”

While we’re in May 2022, I will never forget the encounter I had with this coyote on the day before I left for South Holland. It still gives me goosebumps. With any luck, tomorrow morning I’ll have for you some pictures from my trip, my recent visit to Estabrook Park, or both.