Monthly Archives: January 2026

After a short warmup following the snow yesterday, it cooled back down, we got another 3-4 inches overnight, temps are back down into the teens, and it has continued to snow lightly all day. Plus, I see we are not due to get above freezing for the rest of the month, so winter is backContinue reading “Hunkering down in Estabrook Park…”

The promised snow did arrive this morning, and it kept me out of Estabrook Park till 10:30am. Happily, not all the critters were done with their mornings by then, and I was able to see a few. Here are the ones I managed to capture on film: A mature bald eagle over the far riverbank.Continue reading “Snow day or bath day? Why not both?”

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 meContinue reading “Shy birds…”

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ll be sitting a lot today, in cars, airports, and airplanes, so we have to go back to the archives for pictures. Plus, I did a terrible job of reviewing the amazing sights we saw in 2025, so here’s a look back at some highlights from Jordan. When we got toContinue reading “A look back at some birds of Jordan…”

This morning was jammed full of doctor’s appointments for my folks, so I didn’t get out to look for wildlife until after lunch. I went straight to the Fresh Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary across the river, but by then, it seems, most of the critters were already down for their naps, so the sightings were fewContinue reading “Just a hawk and a duck…”

My sister and I went out looking for more open water on the old Farmington Canal this morning, but we completely struck out. The pond where we’ve seen river otters, green herons, and cormorants, was still completely iced over. So, we checked out Hannover Pond again after lunch, and before we even got there, weContinue reading “Merlins, wigeons, and teals, oh my!”

Well, the snow I had expected did not arrive this morning, mostly because I was checking the forecast for Shorewood instead of for Cheshire, where I am presently located. Thus, it was no problem for my sister and me to go out looking for wildlife today, and this time, we really did go looking forContinue reading “Lots of black and white…”

I never did make it to much open water this morning, where I had hoped to find some waterfowl, but I did make it into the nature preserve next to my folks’ place again, where I found several new faces for the year. Before we get there, however, the song sparrow that was on aContinue reading “Some nice winter variety…”

The sun came up on a gorgeous morning, here in the Nutmeg State, and my sister and I did find an entrance to the fabulous Fresh Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary, just across the Mill River from my folks’ new place. We saw many of the same characters I had seen yesterday, but the star of theContinue reading “More hawks…”