Our recent interlude of mild winter weather continues in Estabrook today, and it was a beautiful morning for a walk in the park.
Our American coot is still with us, and here it is in the exact same spot as the last two mornings. Man, it must really like it there.
A red-breasted merganser drake is back on the river at the north end again, and this is what happens when I spot it far away, try to sneak up on it for a better picture, but it moves while I can’t see it to a location on the river a lot closer than I expect when I emerge from the woods, then we both spot each other at the same moment, and my shutter speed is set way too slow for such an action scene. “Sorry, Buddy!”
Here he is again after taking a moment to settle back down.
This nuthatch, on the other hand, flew up to a branch right in front of me, with the sun at my back and that beautiful blue sky behind it, but then it commenced foraging so energetically that this was the best shot I could get.
Finally, this chickadee followed the nuthatch but then let me take my sweet time getting this nice portrait. “Thanks, Sweetie!”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 