As I mentioned yesterday, Anne and I are off to the Balkans today. I do have time for a quick visit to Estabrook this morning before we go, but I probably won’t have time to write up what I found, so let me give you a little taste of some of the critters I can hope to see on the trip.
They have robins there, the original “robin”, in fact, but they are not closely related to the ones we have here, not even in the same family, and sized and shaped a lot more like the warblers we have here, so we call them “European robins” to avoid confusion.
They have wagtails, just like the rare visitor causing a stir up in Sturgeon Bay this winter, but not nearly as hard to find.
They have crows, of course, everyone does, but the type I most commonly saw were these “hooded crows“.
And they have red squirrels, but theirs have quite a distinctive tuft on their ears.
Oh, before I forget, I’ll be back in time to be showing pictures at the Friends of Estabrook Park Annual Meeting on Wednesday, January 22, starting at 7pm in the Blatz Pavilion at Lincoln Park, and “all members (current and prospective – bring your friends) are welcome,” so maybe I’ll see you there.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 