It was a gorgeous, if cool, morning in Estabrook Park, with even nicer weather than predicted. The critters, however, must have had something else on their minds, because they were not in a cooperative mood today.
For example, this is the best look a fox sparrow on the island in the pond would let me have. Boy, it would have made a beautiful picture, with the sun shining like that, if it had only come out of the bramble for a second. Oh well. Partial looks are better than no looks, right?
Speaking of partial looks, this white breasted nuthatch, in an oak tree beside the pond, really took that to the extreme, especially compared to their favorite pose. At least it gave me an excuse to get some of that blue sky on film.
Finally, and this came even earlier than yesterday, here’s a second look at the red squirrel from yesterday after it had retrieved that walnut and got to work on it. I’m not sure I even laid eyes on a single red or gray squirrel at all today. Sheesh!
I see that we’re due for some more snow overnight and a bit of a warmup, so maybe the critters will be too distracted by the change in scenery to worry about lil’ ol’ me.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 