Today was not the same as yesterday. It was sunny again, but it was colder, especially in the breeze, and there was a lot of activity going on between the Brew City Marathon and the Milwaukee River Cleanup. I don’t know which factor, if any, was the cause, but the critters were laying low today.
Nevertheless, the goslings on the pond gotta eat, so here they are bobbing around on the water pecking at anything and everything they see.
The green heron was still there, but hiding in the shade instead of the sun when I went by, and this female or immature male hooded merganser was not so shy.
As I searched the lawn for juncos, which I suspect have mostly flown north by now, I was happy to find a trio of field sparrows, with their characteristic little pink beaks.
The brown creepers have not yet all flown north, and here’s a smarty rustling up its breakfast while soaking up some sun and staying out of the breeze.
And the white-breasted nuthatches are settling down. Here’s a pair exchanging a morsel. I apologize for the blur, but I was not prepared for an action shot when I spotted this ceremony in progress.
Shortly afterward, this little cutie held nice and still for me.
Finally, as I made my way south along the river to keep off the marathon route, this chipmunk was surprisingly friendly and soon resumed its foraging not ten feet away from me.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 
Hi Andrew, My name is Kelly, a long time subscriber of SoLiE 🌳🌲🦆🦅🦉🐿️🦝🦌🌳🌲 My husband, Mark, was the guy who sent you photos of the owls in the Downer Woods a couple years back. My 89 year old friend, Dorothy Johnson, used to be on the email list for SIGNS, but somehow she is not receiving them anymore and thinks she accidently hit something on her computer, but doesn’t know what she did. She would like to receive them again and…she doesn’t know how to sign up so she asked me to reach out to you.
If it’s not too much trouble, please add her back to the email list so she can enjoy all your jaw-dropping photos and humorous stories.
Spring Blessings with Gratitude – Kelly
“Say-a don’t worry about a thing (do da do do do doo) * * because every lil’ thing, is gonna be al’ right!” ❤ 🙂
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Kelly,
Of course I remember, and I am very sorry to hear about your mom’s subscription. A few other folks were also mysteriously unsubscribed, but I don’t keep a running list offline, so once they’re gone, I have no way to track them down. I’m glad you reached out.
I have put you’re mom’s email into the system and received this reply: “Head to your email to confirm your address and start receiving content from this site directly to your inbox.”
If she doesn’t get a message, or things don’t work for some other reason, let me know, and we’ll try something else.
Andy
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Thank you Andy for adding Dorothy J to the SIGNS email list! I’ll make sure to help her tomorrow if she received an email on her end.
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