The clouds over Estabrook Park this morning were thick and a little leaky, but the winds were pretty light, and the temps were mild for January, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the critters.
The gray catbird, who is still considered rare here for this time of year, kicked things off with an appearance by the river, though quite shrouded in twigs.
Just a hundred yards upstream, the winter wren also popped up to say “hi”.
Out on the water, there are still a bunch of mallards, a few common mergansers, and one pair of goldeneyes, but the big surprise of the day was this pair of Canada geese checking out the recently opened water around the northern island.
Boy, they had barely landed before they got right to work on making more geese. No time to waste!
The pictures this morning aren’t much to look at after that, but I was lucky enough with the coyote in Estabrook yesterday morning to have a couple good ones to show you, and here’s a second. What a magnificent creature, eh?
Finally, here’s another look at one of the long-eared owls from an undisclosed location, NOT Estabrook Park, on Wednesday.
What a beauty.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 