Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

Wow, oh wow, what a wonderful morning. It was cool, for sure, but the sky was clear as a bell, and the air was dead calm. Combine that with the reduction in car and construction noise that a Saturday morning brings, and I could hear a leaf drop. It was magical. At the pond, theContinue reading “Some peace and quiet for a change.”

The nice weather continues, with blue skies for a while at least, and with a little less warmth but a little less wind than yesterday. I’ll take it! Our great horned owl was back again this morning, yay, but in a slightly different spot and with eyes only half open. This little red squirrel seemedContinue reading “Just a regular day in the park…”

The sun came up on a picture-perfect morning in Estabrook Park today, and I got out there nice and early. So early, in fact, that I caught our last wood duck sneaking a crayfish out of the pond before the sun came over the trees. The light was still dim, but I believe we canContinue reading “Woody get’s in on the action…”

It was a soggy morning in Estabrook Park, but there was a gap in the rain from about 7am to 8:30, so I snuck in to see if anyone was around. I found this great blue heron just off the near riverbank, and its expression seemed to match the weather. A bit farther north ofContinue reading “A November Soaker…”

The clouds are a little thicker, and the air is a little cooler, but the wind has calmed down a lot in Estabrook Park since yesterday morning, so all in all, not a bad morning. I didn’t see much until I got to the pond, but that place was hoppin’! All the ducks were agitatedContinue reading “Big doin’s at the pond …”

Even though the wind was whippin’, it was a pretty nice morning in Estabrook Park, with unseasonably mild temps, and mostly sunny skies. The big news today is that I finally saw the great horned owl again, for the first time since May 16, I believe, after which the tree it liked to perch inContinue reading “Look whoo-wh’HOO-whoo-whoo’s back.”

The stream of new sights in Estabrook Park has slowed a bit lately, and it’s a Sunday, so you know what that means. It’s time to join Donna and her Sunday Birders and visit someplace new, and today’s location was Coal Dock Park in Port Washington. Yay! It did not disappoint, and our first treatContinue reading “Port Washington!”

The weather this morning in Estabrook Park was about the same as yesterday, but maybe a bit cooler, and a bit less breezy. I finished breakfast early, so I got out well before sunrise, and I found the hoodie and the woodie still on the pond, but once again thought I’d have better light later,Continue reading “A couple surprises on a slow Saturday.”

Temps were pretty mild this morning in Estabrook Park, but the clouds were thick, and the breeze was stiff, so I didn’t have very high expectations for my visit. I saw the hooded merganser and the wood duck on the pond again, but I figured they weren’t going anywhere, and the light might improve later,Continue reading “A curious morning in Estabrook…”

It was oddly quiet in Estabrook Park this morning. The weather was nice enough, with mostly clear skies, a light breeze, and temps about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday, but the critters were perhaps a bit shellshocked from the recent snowstorm. Nevertheless, there were a few up and about, so here they are. There wereContinue reading “Calm returns to Estabrook Park.”