The air was as cool as usual this morning in Estabrook Park, and it was stiller than it’s been all week, but the thick clouds were back, and they were a little leaky this time. I was happy to see our young pied-billed grebe was still on the pond, but the light was a lotContinue reading “Our first “winter bird” arrives…”
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Where were they all yesterday?
It was cool again in Estabrook Park this morning, but the sky was clear, and the breeze was lighter than it’s been all week, so I was excited to get out into it. Things got off to a slow start, however. I wasn’t getting any pictures, and then the clouds drifted over again, but IContinue reading “Where were they all yesterday?”
A last look back at the Galapagos and Guayaquil…
The sky was clear in Estabrook Park this morning, at least for an hour or so and for the first time since I got back in town, but the air remains cool and breezy. After the hero’s welcome I received on Monday, however, the critters gave me the cold shoulder today. I did see plentyContinue reading “A last look back at the Galapagos and Guayaquil…”
Still getting used to the change of season…
Our early cool snap continued this morning in Estabrook Park, as did the thick cloud cover, but what did I expect for the start of astronomical fall? A warm summer day? Anyway, a couple more critters showed their faces today, and here’s a Cooper’s hawk with brown longitudinal streaks on its belly, which mark itContinue reading “Still getting used to the change of season…”
A foreshadowing of the fall…
It was as cool, dark, and windy as predicted this morning in Estabrook Park, but birds are on the move, so there were plenty to see. We started with only one other wildlife walker willing to brave the weather, but we picked up a second on our way to the pond, and boy were thingsContinue reading “A foreshadowing of the fall…”
A little more Guayaquil…
I made it home safely this afternoon about 4:30pm, and the first thing I noticed is that you must have forgotten to pay the bill for heat. Yikes! Fall is here? Anyway, my sister Deb, had a much later flight today so she got to go back to the linear park in Guayaquil and seeContinue reading “A little more Guayaquil…”
Guayaquil!
Deb and I flew off of San Cristobal late this morning and arrived safely back on the mainland in Guayaquil, Ecuador late this afternoon. We did have a couple of hours to look around on the island one more time before we left, and we saw plenty of new best friends, but we didn’t seeContinue reading “Guayaquil!”
One last look around…
Today, finally, is an R&R day with no scheduled activities, so I got to have a nap this afternoon and write this post while it’s still light outside. Woo hoo! Deb and I took the morning to visit a beach on the south side of the island and a few miles from town: Playa Loberia.Continue reading “One last look around…”
A heck of a lot more than a three-hour tour…
Today most of the group, including Deb and me, took a boat tour of various snorkeling and nesting sites around the island. At the first stop, not far from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno harbor, where we started, everyone hopped into the water to check out the fish, but there were plenty of birds swirling around inContinue reading “A heck of a lot more than a three-hour tour…”
A quip too witty for my sleepy brain…
It was a big last day at the vet clinic today, and I am both thrilled to have had the opportunity to participate and thrilled that that part of the trip is finished. Tomorrow we’re going on a boat ride around the island to see what there is to see. Before we get out ofContinue reading “A quip too witty for my sleepy brain…”
