Monthly Archives: January 2024

I’m back in Milwaukee, safe and sound, after a great trip out west to visit with my siblings. I saw my first Townsend’s solitaire, but I hadn’t brought my camera along, so there are no pictures to prove it. Maybe next time. I did visit Estabrook Park with my camera yesterday, but I was soContinue reading “January goes out with a whimper…”

I’m not due back home until this afternoon, and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get into Estabrook Park today or not, so here’s an Eastern bluebird from a sunny day last April to tide you over until I can.

I’m flying home tomorrow, but I’m still without my camera, so let me show you this darling golden-crowned kinglet beside the Milwaukee river on a sunny day last April.

While I’m still out of town without my camera, here are three goslings beside the pond last April discovering how the world tastes.

I’m out of town today, and I didn’t have room in my luggage for my camera, so here’s a dapper blue-winged teal drake against Milwaukee river water reflecting a warm sun off the far shore last April.

This morning it’s as foggy as it ever got yesterday, and I’m catching a flight early this afternoon, so let’s find a nice sunny picture to brighten the mood. Here’s a sharp-looking yellow-rumped warbler from last April that we can dream about seeing in Estabrook Park when they return.

Wow, the fog has really rolled in, and as I sit here at my dining room table looking out the window, I can barely see a couple hundred yards down the road. Happily, it was not so foggy earlier this morning when I slipped into Estabrook Park. Plus, the air was calm and mild, andContinue reading “Deep into the January thaw…”

We’re getting a “wintery mix” this morning that is forecast to last all day. At Anne’s urging I did step outside to feel it for myself, and it is nice and mild, but there is more precipitation than I’d rather expose my camera. Thus, it’s time to hit the archives and find some images weContinue reading “A quick detour down memory lane…”

The precipitation that Anne and I heard on our window at breakfast was done by the time the sky got as light as it was going to get, and it was a full 20°F warmer than yesterday, so it was a fine morning to visit Estabrook Park. The common mergansers and one goldeneye drake wereContinue reading “Look who blew in with the warm-up…”

I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw clear skies at dawn again this morning. The air was a little cooler than yesterday, but the winds were also a little lighter, which makes it all the better. Along the river and away from the rapids I could hear a pin drop, or better yet, aContinue reading “One last taste of the Arctic blast”