It was a classic first full morning of astronomical spring in Estabrook Park with no sign of the warmth and sunshine that are forecast to blow in by this afternoon. The first pleasant surprise of the morning was spotting this little cutie, our first pied-billed grebe of the year, on the river below the pairContinue reading “Right on schedule…”
Monthly Archives: March 2026
How’s this for a warm welcome home?
Man, by the looks of things in Estabrook Park this morning, those of you who live around here must have really had some weather while Anne and I were galivanting around Europe. Trees are down and there’s snow on the ground, but spring is back again, and birds are really on the move. The firstContinue reading “How’s this for a warm welcome home?”
Just one squirrel before I sleep.
As I mentioned already, our flight leaves before sunrise, so I’ve gotta get to sleep, but before I do, here’s a little cutie we saw on our hike up to Vaduz Castle overlooking the city yesterday. Despite the dark complexion, my sources assure me that this is a Eurasian red squirrel, like the one weContinue reading “Just one squirrel before I sleep.”
A fine Liechtensteiner auf Wiedersehen!
Anne and I did ride trains clear across Switzerland today, which was very scenic, but before we left Vaduz this morning, I had time for one last look around. Skies were clear, for a change, so it was a little chilly, but the birds seemed undeterred. As I hiked towards the Rhine River, I spottedContinue reading “A fine Liechtensteiner auf Wiedersehen!”
Lots of little surprises…
I didn’t give you much to go on in my last post, other than “back to the Alps”, so if you guessed “it’s gotta be Liechtenstein,” then you should definitely buy a lottery ticket. At just 62 square miles, it’s smaller than Washington, D.C., so you shouldn’t be too surprised to learn that neither AnneContinue reading “Lots of little surprises…”
Back to the Alps…
After Metz, we visited Strasbourg for about 24 hours, which was fabulous, but we were in the center of a large city, so I failed to capture any wildlife pictures. 😦 Then we hopped on a train again this morning and took it back south to the Alps, where I have a hope of gettingContinue reading “Back to the Alps…”
More Metz…
As I mentioned yesterday, we’re traveling again today, so I won’t have much time to go looking for new wildlife, and let me show you a little more of what I saw yesterday here along the river in Metz, just in case. There’s a low spillway right in front of our hotel, where I showedContinue reading “More Metz…”
Meet some of the birds of Metz…
After a nice, long, and fast train ride through France, we arrived in Metz, on “the banks of the Moselle and the Seille rivers,” yesterday afternoon. Even better, nearly as soon as we checked into our hotel room, I could see goslings out the window! How’s that for a warm welcome? These happen to beContinue reading “Meet some of the birds of Metz…”
We all came out to Montreux…
It really is right on the Lake Geneva shoreline, and there were no fires today, thank goodness, but that song is seriously stuck in my head right now. Since we’re sitting in a train for much of today, here are some pictures from our excursion to the other end of Lake Geneva yesterday afternoon. NearlyContinue reading “We all came out to Montreux…”
Greetings from Switzerland!
If you recognized the tufted duck in yesterday’s post and then guessed “Europe,” you were correct! Please wait six to eight weeks for your prize to arrive. In any case, the particular spot in Europe to which Anne has dragged me this time is Geneva, Switzerland, and I am sad to say that I haveContinue reading “Greetings from Switzerland!”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 