I’m still in Connecticut, the weather is still beautiful, and I’m still struggling to get some good pictures for you.
At the start of my walk this morning, I spotted two green herons on the pond again, and this one appears to be a youngster, by the spots on its wing feathers, which I take as more evidence of a successful breading season.
Near the end of my walk, I was happy to see that the solitary sandpiper from yesterday was also still there.
The big surprise, however, in addition to the double crested cormorant, which I failed to capture on film, was this American black duck, which we’ve seen a couple of times in Estabrook Park, but not very often.
Once I got back home, the morning was still so nice that I continued looking in the office park next door, where I found this house sparrow uncharacteristically alone and busily gulping down grass seeds.
This trio of northern mockingbirds, briefly had a fourth, but there must have been some tension in the group, because as soon as the fourth landed, they all took off.
Finally, here’s a song sparrow also gobbling up seeds.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 