After the great day at Shelburne Farm yesterday, I thought I’d give the waterfront another try this morning, so I hiked down to the lake and this time, I headed north. Things got off to quite a slow start, and I was all the way up to North Beach Park, about 2.5 miles from ourContinue reading “Vermont pulls out all the stops…”
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Vermont humbles again…
Given my luck at the lakefront yesterday, I opted to try someplace inland today, and the Centennial Woods Natural Area on the UVM campus looked perfect, on paper. So, I let Bob sleep in and roped Steve, another old high school buddy and now also a member of the Estabrook Cinematic Universe, into driving meContinue reading “Vermont humbles again…”
Vermont is slow out of the gate…
Bob and I did make it to Vermont yesterday afternoon, the rest of the crew also arrived, and I did get out to the Lake Champlain waterfront nice and early this morning, but somebody must have tipped off the birds that I was going to go looking for them, because they kept themselves well-hidden soContinue reading “Vermont is slow out of the gate…”
Yes, we went to Scarborough Ferry…
Soon after I arrived at Portland International Jetport yesterday afternoon, just outside of Portland, Maine, my old high school buddy, Bob, picked me up and took me immediately to the Scarborough Marsh, were we saw mallards, willets, great egrets, double-crested cormorants, a belted kingfisher, and even a tricolored heron. The marsh is huge, however, soContinue reading “Yes, we went to Scarborough Ferry…”
Etosha National Park Revisited…
You guessed it, boys and girls, I don’t have any pictures from Estabrook Park today, and the reason is that I’m traveling again, but this time it’s just a little hop out east to meet up with some old high school buddies. So, while I’m sitting in airports and on airplanes today, it seems likeContinue reading “Etosha National Park Revisited…”
A little less wet, and a little less birdy…
It was another dark and wet morning in Estabrook Park, but not as wet as yesterday. I didn’t see as much wildlife, however, and I didn’t get my first picture until I was on my way downstream and already below the falls, where I found this green heron fishing on the far riverbank. As IContinue reading “A little less wet, and a little less birdy…”
Rained on, but not washed out…
The weather in Estabrook Park this morning was wetter than I expected, and we had no visitors for our weekly wildlife walk, but that’s probably because everyone else had the good sense to check the current radar before they headed out. Luckily, it wasn’t all rain all the time, and I was able to takeContinue reading “Rained on, but not washed out…”
Cedarburg Bog!
I had the extreme good fortune this morning of joining the Milwaukee Birders for their visit to the Cedarburg Bog, “one of the largest and most diverse wetlands in southern Wisconsin“, which I was stunned to learn is actually in Saukville, not Cedarburg, and is technically a fen, not a bog. Happily, the critters don’tContinue reading “Cedarburg Bog!”
The river delivers again…
After a nice rain to rinse the dust off everything, it was a magnificent morning in Estabrook Park, and my first treat of the day was finding another brood of mallard ducklings, nine this time, about halfway upstream. “Eat up, Kiddos!” Even farther upstream, I also found another snapping turtle laying her eggs, and timeContinue reading “The river delivers again…”
A return to saner weather, we can hope…
After the wettest April on record in Milwaukee, followed immediately by the driest May on record, everyone around here is wondering what June is gonna do, and I am happy to report that after a few dry days, we’re having a nice rainy morning. Let’s hope it doesn’t get carried away in either direction andContinue reading “A return to saner weather, we can hope…”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 