After the thunderstorms rolled through last evening, I didn’t have high hopes for this morning, and it was indeed cloudy and windy in Estabrook Park, but, as Anne pointed out, at least it wasn’t raining.
Things were pretty quiet at the pond, with just a few mallards for a change, and the geese probably off mowing the lawn somewhere, so catching one of the muskrats up enjoying its breakfast was an unexpected treat.
The wood duck drake was also gone, but the red-breasted merganser was in his usual spot and looking as regal as ever, even without the warm morning sun.
Once again, there was not much to see on the river, but back on shore there was a quartet of chipmunks running around and all excited about something. Here are the two I managed to capture in one shot. You might wonder why I focused on the one in back instead of the one in the foreground, and the reason is that the one in back was frozen, and I was just about to take its portrait, when the other ran up and photobombed the whole shot, but who could stay mad at these little cutie pies, right?
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 
When geese mow the lawn, they fertilize it, too!
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