It started snowing just around sunrise this morning, as was foretold, but I needed the walk anyway, so out the door I went. Things were pretty quiet in Estabrook Park, as one might imagine on a snowy Saturday, but I did see a few birds.
The red-tailed hawk was near the islands again, but it let me get nowhere near as close today, and a belted kingfisher was around, but it also kept its distance. In fact, the only pictures I did manage to take were of the “backyard” birds who forage in the woods on the far side of the pond where someone regularly dumps a load of birdseed, for better or for worse.
The surprise of the bunch was a pair of fox sparrows, our first since early October, and here’s the one that paused to glance my way.
There are still a few white-throated sparrows kicking around, and since we’re just inside their “nonbreeding” range, that may be true all winter.
There were some dark-eyed juncos, of course.
And here’s a female northern cardinal giving a house sparrow some advice, such as “don’t you be eating my seed.”
Finally, how could I pass up a bright red male northern cardinal.
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Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 