Well, just as they predicted, it was quite rainy in Estabrook Park this morning. On the radar, however, it looked as though there would be some gaps in the rain, so I grabbed an umbrella and ventured out.
On my way from the river to the pond, I saw the screech-owl in its nook again, but I didn’t even try aiming my camera that much skyward, so here’s how it looked yesterday.
At the pond, I saw the female belted kingfisher, but this picture of the male over the river yesterday came out a lot better.
There was a skittish pair of wood ducks on the pond, but I didn’t pursue them because I knew I had this nice picture of a bold hen from yesterday.
Back at the river, I saw a quartet of red-breasted mergansers, but I flubbed the pictures, so here’s a pair of hooded mergansers from yesterday.
Finally, the one picture I did take today and that I didn’t manage to blur beyond recognition, is of this bunch of daffodils starting to open on the side of the bluff upstream of the islands.
Lastly, the forecast for tomorrow morning is cloudy, breezy, and cold, but at least the precipitation should be done for our weekly wildlife walk. Plus, the breeze is out of the NNW, so maybe we’ll get lucky and find some birds filling their tanks as they wait out the unfavorable winds before continuing their journey north. We start at 8 am in the northern parking lot, by the beer garden, and I hope to see you there.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 