Despite the forecast for a wet morning, the rain still has not yet arrived, and I had a great walk in Estabrook Park.
The big treat for me today was spotting this Cooper’s hawk with the chipmunk it had just caught. Nature in action!
At the pond, this downy woodpecker posed perfectly on what’s left of the sumac seeds from last year. Too bad it didn’t have yesterday’s bright sun and blue sky.
The red-breasted merganser was still there, but I left him alone in the low light, and let me show you another picture from yesterday, when the skies were a lot brighter, instead.
It was probably just me noticing it more, but the rest of the chipmunks appeared to be on higher alert than usual.
Finally, the first of many violets has begun to blossom by the pond.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 
This morning, Zi and I checked on the eagle and approached the park from the west along the river. On that first part of the Estabrook river trail, I saw juvenile chipmunks with fewer stripes and more grey in color. Did the hawk have one?
I saw one merganser flying as we approached the pond and one on the pond.
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