Well, shoot! Somehow, I forgot to finish my post yesterday and send it out to you. I even had some nice pictures for you, as you will soon see, but I must have gotten distracted. Sorry about that! Anyhoo, after the early snow yesterday morning, which was barely more than a dusting, the sun cameContinue reading “A big finish to a big year…”
Monthly Archives: December 2025
Winter blows back into town…
Whelp, the recent thaw is over, at least for now, and winter is back with blowing snow and freezing cold. Yippee! The bigger surprise, for me and the two wildlife walkers who joined me this morning, was finding a pair of cedar waxwings looking for berries in the bushes around the pond. We’re well withinContinue reading “Winter blows back into town…”
A look back at some birds of the Balkans…
Sheesh! As if the lack of critters to photograph lately in Estabrook Park was not enough of a problem, today the fog is still so thick at noon that if a bald eagle perched over the island in the pond, I’m not sure that I could even capture an image of it. So, this isContinue reading “A look back at some birds of the Balkans…”
A shutout!
The doldrums that seemed to have settle on Estabrook Park lately reached a climax today, and I didn’t even get a single picture, let alone see anything I would have liked to capture on film. Fortunately, it is only a few days until the end of 2025, so it’s a perfect time to start reviewingContinue reading “A shutout!”
In search of color…
It was a gray-on-gray morning in Estabrook Park, with gray fog sandwiched between thick gray clouds and melting gray ice. Sure, gray is technically a color, along with black and white, but I went searching for colors with more saturation. This nonbreeding herring gull, with pale eyes and legs but a yellow bill and perchedContinue reading “In search of color…”
Wishing the best to you and yours…
I got a late start in Estabrook Park this morning, for reasons, but there were very few other folks there, so I don’t think my tardiness had a negative effect on my wildlife viewing. Things were pretty quiet at the river, however, so I was counting on the pond to take up the slack, andContinue reading “Wishing the best to you and yours…”
‘Twas the morning before Christmas…
and all through the park, barely a creature was stirring, barely even this mourning dove. I know, I know, and I’d love to even see, let alone photograph for you, a live mouse in Estabrook Park, stirring or not, but I haven’t so far, and I’m not holding my breath. Instead, I haven’t shown youContinue reading “‘Twas the morning before Christmas…”
Yet another bird joins the first timers club…
The sky is starting to haze up a bit now, but it was a beautiful morning in Estabrook Park, with mild temps again, still air, and clear skies for a while. The first pretty sight I found taking full advantage of the golden sunlight was this common merganser hen up on the ice above theContinue reading “Yet another bird joins the first timers club…”
Some dashes of brown to dilute all the gray…
Wow! It sure is a very gray day in Estabrook Park, but the good news, at least for folks who have been less than thrilled with the recent winter weather, is that the temps are mild, the breeze is very light, and there has been hardly any precipitation at all. Even better, three folks turnedContinue reading “Some dashes of brown to dilute all the gray…”
A chilly but pretty morning at Lakeshore State Park…
Our recent winter weather roller coaster, at least temperature wise, continued with a plunge back into the teens overnight after soaring into the balmy low forties yesterday afternoon. I arrived at Lakeshore State Park just after sunrise but in time to greet the few solstice revelers who had braved the cold to mark the occasionContinue reading “A chilly but pretty morning at Lakeshore State Park…”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 