Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

It was cloudy, cool, and breezy this morning, and I didn’t have a lot of time before class, but it wasn’t raining, so I took a quick look to see who was around in Estabrook. Most of the recent regulars were up and about, and there were even some exciting new arrivals. Along the river,Continue reading “2 Short 2 Sweet”

It was a fine morning in Estabrook Park. Not too hot, not too cold, not too wet, not too dry, and, not too windy. The bugs were up, and so the birds were happy. One of the first birds I saw was an old friend, but new for the season, this tiny blue-gray gnatcatcher. TheContinue reading “Short but sweet.”

The radar looked worse this morning than Friday morning, but I didn’t want to miss another day, so I went out anyway. Happily, after a couple of short showers early on, the radar forecast turned out to be way off, and it didn’t rain again until after I got home. Ha! When I arrived atContinue reading “The forecast was inaccurate, for once…”

Perhaps to make up for yesterday, this morning turned out to be even nicer than forecast. The skies were clear, the temps were mild, and the wind seemed even calm at times. I was able to get a nice early start and was treated by the sight of this palm warbler, just in from theContinue reading “A morning twice as nice…”

The radar made it look like I wouldn’t have much time in the park this morning before the rain came, plus it was pretty dark, so I stayed home and hoped for a break in the weather later today. Well, it appears that a break is not in the cards and so I’ve missed myContinue reading “Rained Out!”

It was cloudy again before class this morning, so I opted to wait until I got back home to visit Estabrook, when the forecast was for clear skies and temps in the 60s, and that forecast did not disappoint! Perhaps it was the warm weather and high winds that brought us a surprise visitor wayContinue reading “Look who the warm air blew in…”

It was cool, grey, and windy in Estabrook Park this morning, and there was plenty of activity to see, but not much of it was photogenic. Happily, some little birds took short breaks from their busy schedules to provide us with a couple of images anyway. Here are a couple of black-capped chickadees by theContinue reading “A day for little birds…”

There is now enough of a time window for me to sneak into Estabrook for a quick visit before school, we even had a little bit of sun this morning, and that sure lit up the pond water nicely around this dapper, red-breasted merganser drake. Poor guy. All that beautiful plumage and no one toContinue reading “Still cold, but a bit of sun, and no snow!”

Yesterday, while I was enjoying my mother-in-law’s deviled eggs (thanks again, Joanne!) I got a hot tip from Estabrook about an extraordinary sighting, and when Anne and I got home, I waited till dusk before venturing back into the park. I could not believe my luck when I found the target of my quest seeminglyContinue reading “All kinds of surprises!”

I had a breakfast to get to this morning, but I managed to sneak into Estabrook for a couple of hours first anyway, and the pink moon was still up in the west as I stepped across the Oak Leaf Trail. Thankfully, the critters were not taking the holiday off, and I was soon greetedContinue reading “Happy Holidays!”