Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

This afternoon, I went for a little hike with my sister, niece, and brother in Sleeping Giant State Park, about 8 miles down the road from my mom and dad’s place. As we reached what might be described as the chin of the “sleeping giant”, my niece, Lizzy, spotted these characters perched right on theContinue reading “A fascinating little surprise…”

Sorry about the radio silence. I’m on a quick trip out east for my mom’s birthday, and I thought for sure that I would have had time before now to send out an update, but clearly I thought wrong. I haven’t been able to take any new pictures in the park, obviously, but I doContinue reading “Sisters be sending me pics…”

It was nice and mild this morning, but I didn’t think it was ever going to get light out. The streetlights didn’t turn off until 8am, and that’s when I finally headed out the door. The first surprise came just above the falls where I found the hooded merganser hen taking a nap all byContinue reading “December Surprises!”

From our breakfast table, it sure looks gorgeous out, but I gotta go to campus this morning and keep tryin’ to learn ’em something. Meanwhile, here are a few more pictures from yesterday to tide you over. A goldfinch seems to say, “see my wings and tail are still fancy, even in my drab winterContinue reading “Talkback Tuesday”

It was a pretty nice morning in Estabrook, all-in-all. Sure, the skies were gray, but not too dark or precipitating, and the air was seasonably cool, but the winds were calm. I’ll take it! Because of the cloud cover, I loitered over breakfast to let the skies lighten, and didn’t get out very early. Happily,Continue reading “A nice welcome back after the holiday.”

For all my whining about gray skies, you’d think I’d have a bunch of beautiful blue-sky pictures on a clear and crisp day like today. I sure would like to, but the critters had made other plans, it seems. On my way north, I turned on my camera only once, but I flubbed the twoContinue reading “Feels like winter is here to stay…”

After being dissappointed by my last two outings, I went to the park this morning with no expectations at all. I didn’t get there particularly early, and I didn’t care that the sky was gray. As always, the critters didn’t care one way or the other about my expectations and were busier than they’ve beenContinue reading “Birds abound!”

The big news, besides all the door-buster sales today, is that the river is really starting to ice over in spots. Here’s a view looking north toward the abandoned bridge abutments. You can see the falls once you round that bend up ahead. The ice is thin but stretches shore to shore. It’s nice andContinue reading “Black Friday Ice”

I wish I had found a turkey today to show you, but I haven’t seen one since this beauty beside the pond back on July 10. Instead, there were at least two, and possibly a young third bald eagle over the river this morning, but the park was busy, so they didn’t stick around longContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”

The winds were whippin’ out of the south this morning, and it seemed that just about everyone was sleeping in. I barely saw a soul, and certainly nothing to photograph, until I reached the north end. There was no sign of the bufflehead or the mergansers this morning, and a blue heron was on theContinue reading “A couple of late-season surprises…”