The snow never arrived, and so Estabrook Park looked pretty much the same this morning as it did yesterday. The surprise for the day came early, on my first visit to the pond, when I watched not just one, but two muskrats steam towards their burrow in the eastern shore. Here’s the second one who you can just see is also hauling a mouth full of groceries.
As I was hiking along the river north from the falls, I heard the squirrels again, and found the bald eagle in almost the same spot as yesterday. Once again, the view was better from up on the bluff, and here it is scoping me out.
Then it scanned upriver.
Down river.
And finally, it turned around to flash us that jewelry again.
Then it took off, which is a complete blur because my shutter was open for a full 1/125th of a second.
The great blue heron was at the north end this time, and just off the east side of the northern island.
Finally, I saw three hermit thrushes this morning, which is so many that ebird wanted an explanation. Just my lucky day, I guess, and here’s the one I could capture on film as it invited the others to come and say hi.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 