Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

Oof! That wind was nasty this afternoon, and I wish I could have gone to Estabrook in the morning instead. Oh well. Most of the critters were trying to avoid the wind, too, and almost nobody wanted to sit still for pictures, but I did manage to get a couple anyway. This cardinal by theContinue reading

It was a perfectly nice mid-February morning in Estabrook Park with temps in the teens, but light winds, and even a bit of sunshine before the clouds rolled in and the snow flurries started. I was happy to find a goldeneye hen still gracing us with her presence on the river near the south end.Continue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

From my breakfast table, it looks like a much nicer morning than forecast, but I’m going to hold off on visiting the park until after my 11am presentation so that I can give both my full attention. The good news is that my visit yesterday morning was so fruitful, I’ve still got some more picturesContinue reading “Sights so nice, I’ll show you twice…”

Hot diggity dog! Have we got a great show for you this morning, boys and girls! At 10°F, it was pretty darn cold for the middle of February, but the sky was perfectly clear, and the winds out of the north never seemed as bad as forecast, especially down in the river valley, so itContinue reading “Some surprising guest appearances!”

You’ll be happy to know that I did make it to the park yesterday around noon and again this morning, so I finally have some new pictures to show you. Yesterday afternoon got off to an exciting start when I notice a gull squawking about something up ahead and found this scene when I wasContinue reading “Birds, big and small.”

If you are just joining us, the recent deal is that I have to go to school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and the sun doesn’t come up early enough yet for me to visit the park before school. Two days ago, I tried to get by with a late afternoon visit, but the resultsContinue reading “Blasts from the Pasts.”

This morning arrived, just as advertised, and I set out to see how much difference 14 hours makes. The cloud cover was pretty thick, so when I arrived at the river it was still pretty dark, and it occurred to me, now that temps are above freezing, that I might get to see beaver upContinue reading “Seems like spring is on its way…”

Sorry this is arriving so late, but I had to go to school this morning, then stuff came up, and I didn’t get to Estabrook until late this afternoon. I guess the big news is that there were a slew of mallards, I counted at least 45, back on the river, but none of ourContinue reading “A quite Tuesday afternoon.”

I see the sun trying to poke through the clouds now, from the comfort of my kitchen table, but there was no sign of the sun earlier this morning. That, plus a stiff breeze, made 21°F feel like 7°F, and I failed to check on that second number when I dressed to go out thisContinue reading “Winter drags on…”

It was easily 20°F warmer this morning than yesterday, and plenty of critters were taking advantage of the relative warmth in Estabrook. The river is still mostly empty of birds, but the ones still there were in surprisingly posy moods this morning. Here’s the bufflehead hen all by herself near the southern edge of theContinue reading “Winter loosens its grip”