Monthly Archives: May 2024

The beautiful weather continued this morning in Estabrook Park, but it was even a bit cooler than yesterday and with some thin cirrus clouds up high to whiten the sky. When I arrived at the pond, I found the wood duck hen with her five, week-old ducklings. As I was trying to get a decentContinue reading “Hurray for King Billy!”

The weather was gorgeous this morning in Estabrook Park, and the crystal-clear skies allowed me to start at 5:20 am and beat the rush. They also, along with the nearly still air, allowed radiant cooling to form frost on the clumps of dead grass left on the soccer fields from the last mowing. The bigContinue reading “Perhaps a second shot…”

After the latest line of storms yesterday, the river was even higher this morning, but thankfully not as high as it was back at the beginning of April. Plus, the sun is out today, and it is shaping up to be a very nice day. On my second visit to the pond, I was pleasantlyContinue reading “There’s an old man sittin’ next to me…”

The nice weather was back in Estabrook Park, at least for this morning, and now that the holiday weekend is over. On my way to the park, I hadn’t even jaywalked across Wilson Dr yet when I spotted this wild turkey dutifully using the crosswalk to go looking for breakfast in the suburbs. There wasContinue reading “Still some unexpected sights…”

It was cool, cloudy, and breezy this morning in Estabrook Park, so perfect weather for a Memorial Day cookout or campout, as I remember it. At least it wasn’t raining, yet. We didn’t have an eagle visit us this year to celebrate the occasion, as we did last year, but I was still happy toContinue reading “Classic Memorial Day Weather.”

The sky looked nice and clear as dawn broke, but a thick blanket of clouds rolled in before the sun could even clear the horizon. Ah well. It is Memorial Day weekend, after all, and this is pretty much par for the course, in my experience. In keeping with the mood, things were pretty quietContinue reading “Happy holiday weekend hump day!”

The river was up nearly a foot, and things were plenty wet, but those are about all the indications of the heavy storms that rolled through yesterday afternoon. The sun was shining this morning, and the breeze was light, so it was a very nice start to the holiday weekend in Estabrook Park. Better yet,Continue reading “A fine start to the holiday weekend…”

It was a nice-enough morning in Estabrook Park, but it appears that most of the resident critters have already split for the Memorial Day weekend. Thus, I am sorry to say that there was no sign of either the mallard or wood duck ducklings on the pond, and the bluebirds were not in the usualContinue reading “Trying to beat the holiday rush…”

The fine weather has returned to Estabrook Park, at least for this morning, and it was a great time to visit, but let’s cut right to the main event, which I only saw on my second visit to the pond: seven brand-new and vigorous wood duck ducklings. Woo Hoo! The mallard hen with her ducklingContinue reading “More Ducklings!”

Wowzah! The wind sure is blowing in Estabrook Park this morning. Fortunately for this project, critters be hungry anyway, so there were still some sights to see. Once I sat down to seem less of a threat, the mallard hen and her duckling on the pond came over for their daily picture. While I wasContinue reading “If a tree falls in the river…”