Monthly Archives: December 2023

After all the excitement of yesterday, things were pretty slow and quiet in Estabrook Park today. There were only two great horned owls, the pair in a tree together, and here’s the less shy one. The male belted kingfisher was plying his trade over the river at the north end again, and here he isContinue reading “Taking it down a few notches…”

It sure was a crazy morning in Estabrook Park today. The skies were grey, but the forecast rain never came, at least until noon as I write this, and the wildlife put on an amazing show. The first nice treat was finding a mature bald eagle over the northern island in the river. The firstContinue reading “What a crazy morning…”

Our recent run of nice weather continued this morning, so I was able to get into Estabrook Park nice and early again. I was a little surprised that this eastern cottontail rabbit, beside the path along the western edge of the southern soccer fields and the likes of whom I see often in the springContinue reading “A morning of unexpected sights…”

The weather was beautiful in Estabrook Park this morning, and I didn’t have any errands to run, so I got there nice and early. So early, in fact, that my camera outright refused to focus on the quartet of deer I found at the sand volleyball court across from the southern parking lot. I satContinue reading “Another straggler…”

Sorry for the late post, but my computer has been in the shop since I dropped it off at 6:30 this morning, and I was only able to pick it up around 2:30 this afternoon. Anyway, the skies were pretty clear this morning, at least off to the south and east, so I was ableContinue reading “Time for a closeup at last…”

What a curious morning it was. The weather was nice enough, with seasonably cool temps, a bit of a breeze, and crystal-clear skies, but the critters were few and far between for some reason. On my first swing by the pond, there wasn’t a single bird on the water, and it wasn’t even frozen over,Continue reading “A curious morning…”

The sun we were promised this morning still hasn’t arrived, but perhaps I should be thankful for the thick blanket of clouds that kept this morning from being even colder than it was. Still, a little more light would have been nice. Anyway, the great blue heron we saw yesterday must have slept in todayContinue reading “Where is that confounded sun?”

Here are the top three sights I saw in Estabrook Park this morning. At number three, the great horned owl, who has been a semi-regular fixture for the last five weeks or so, was in again, and in almost exactly the same spot as yesterday. At number two, a great blue heron was back andContinue reading “A sign of sights to come, with any luck.”

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 stairsContinue reading “A trio of predators…”

Our little streak of nice weather continued this morning in Estabrook Park, and so the sky was clear, and the temps were mild, but the stiff breeze out of the southwest suggests change is on its way. The raptor de jour is this red-tailed hawk perched high over the northern island, right where the merlinContinue reading “Enjoy it while it lasts…”