The expected change in the weather arrived overnight, and it was dark and rainy when the sun was supposed to rise this morning. Luckily, I only had to wait a couple of hours for the rain to let up, and then into the park I went.
When I got to the bottom of the stairs at the falls, I spotted this bald eagle picking at something on the far riverbank a few hundred yards upstream, and I immediately turned around and climbed back up onto the bluff to give it some room. It had spotted me, too, however, and it knew its cover was blown, so by the time I got upstream enough to take a peek again, it had already retreated to the safety of this perch over the southern island. Oh well. It must have felt pretty secure up there because it let me take this portrait, and it was still there on my return trip back south after visiting the north end.
At the north end, the belted kingfisher was about as shy, but after a couple of tries, I managed to sneak this picture anyway.
Finally, the great horned owl was “in” again, and not too deep, so it rounds out our threesome for today.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 