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 within their year-round range, but they must know of good berry sources elsewhere, because we don’t get to see much of them during the winter in Estabrook Park.
The next surprise was eventually finding eleven (11!) common mergansers on the river, two drakes and nine hens. Even better, they all lined up so I could get them in one shot. I’m sure that is a record for me.
That’s the whole show for today, however, but it is a huge improvement over the last couple of days, thank goodness. I see that the cold is forecast to deepen by tomorrow morning, but the wind should ease up a bit, and the sun might poke through the clouds, so I have a hope that this trend of improving pictures might continue. Keep your fingers crossed!
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 