It was still cloudy in Estabrook Park at sunrise this morning, but at least the clouds weren’t leaking any more, and within an hour or so most of them blew away. Thus, when I heard some chatter high above and looked up to find a huge v-formation of swans flying south, they were lit by the sun and against a nice blue sky. Sweet.
At the north end, our on-again-off-again great horned owl was on again, which is always great to see.
The great blue heron was fishing at the falls, and I wonder if it doesn’t have some kind of ASMR situation going on with the rushing water, but this heron farther south and on our side of the river made a nicer picture.
Finally, the hooded merganser was nowhere to be found on the pond, but the wood duck drake came out to put on a show for us in the warm morning glow.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 