Monthly Archives: September 2024

The beautiful weather has finally run its course, and it was cloudy this morning after raining overnight. By the time there was enough light for me to venture into Estabrook, however, the rain was long gone, and the air was mostly still and warm, so plenty good enough for a walk in the park. IContinue reading “Good views despite the cloudy skies.”

After a long day in trains, planes, and automobiles yesterday, I made it back to Estabrook Park this morning, and as far as I can tell, the beautiful weather I enjoyed in Connecticut did follow me here. Salmon are running in the river, and here’s one trying to make it up the falls, but IContinue reading “Departures and arrivals…”

The weather is starting to turn here, perhaps in anticipation of my departure. There was plenty of fog this morning, which delayed my start, and it’s still partly cloudy this afternoon. I did see a few birds, nevertheless, and here’s a young tufted titmouse who hasn’t grown much of a tuft yet. It appeared toContinue reading “More surprises big and small.”

The folks in Connecticut will probably be sad when I head home, because I’m sure as heck gonna do my best to bring this amazing weather with me. It has just been stupendous out here. Anyway, the birds played hard to get this morning, but I did manage to sneak another picture of a yellowContinue reading “Plenty of little sights…”

The beautiful weather continues in Connecticut, and I was glad to have the time to get out this morning before the day got underway. The first pleasant surprise was being reminded of the woosh-woosh-woosh sound that mute swans make as they fly over. Even better was spotting it after it landed. I don’t believe I’veContinue reading “So that’s where they’ve been hiding…”

I didn’t have much time this morning before the family events kicked off, but my sister was looking to get some steps in early, so out the door we went. We were greeted right off the bat by this little cutie in the dim light, and it is a young Carolina wren, as far asContinue reading “Short and sweet enough, I hope.”

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 takeContinue reading “Some baby steps in the right direction.”

I made it safely to Connecticut, and the weather is beautiful here, too, but the critters were pretty shy this morning. I did spot three green herons at the same time spread out over the water were I spotted them nesting in the spring, so that’s a potential very good sign. Near the end ofContinue reading “Tiny victories…”

I’m off to Connecticut to see my folks for a week, and I may still be on the plane as you are reading this. Happily, yesterday’s outing in Estabrook Park went into extra innings, and I have a few more pictures to show you. As I was trying to capture images of the asters andContinue reading “Now for something somewhat different”

It was another beautiful morning in paradise, similar to yesterday, but with a lot less wind. The first big surprise was finding a great horned owl back at the north end. We haven’t seen the likes of them since they had a run-in with a Cooper’s hawk back in August. “Welcome back, Gorgeous!” While theContinue reading “Familiar faces just keep trickling in…”