Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

It’s not light out yet, but the forecast high temperature for today is 67°, so not so much like summer anymore. Plus, I’ve gotta go to school today, so here are some more pictures from yesterday. Besides all the kingfisher antics, this great blue heron was having some luck of its own fishing on theContinue reading “A swing back towards autumn”

It almost felt like summer again in Estabrook with temps starting in the 60s and quickly reaching the 70s under a warm sun and a picture-perfect blue sky. The little yellow duckling was swimming around on the pond again this morning, along with nearly two dozen wood ducks, and here’s a handsome one. There wereContinue reading “Another face we haven’t seen in a while.”

It was another stunningly beautiful early autumn morning in Estabrook Park, and for reasons that it’s best I don’t get into, I skipped the pond and went straight to the river. I didn’t even make it to the water before this chipper looking flycatcher, probably an eastern wood-pewee, caught my eye as it soaked upContinue reading “Lots of critters enjoying the weather…”

From the comfort of my breakfast table, it looks like an absolutely beautiful morning out. The trees are still, the sun is bright, and the sky over Estabrook Park is crystal blue. My phone said it was 48° out at 6am, however, so maybe I don’t mind waiting for things to warm up a bitContinue reading “Saturday”

Holy macaroni, what a fabulous fall morning in Estabrook Park! The cold, wind, clouds, rain, and even mosquitoes seem to have all departed, if only for this morning, leaving just birds, birds, birds,! And some squirrels and chipmunks. The big surprise at the pond this morning was this little yellow cutie with a very pinkContinue reading “Even more new faces!”

I’ve gotta go to school today, so no time to visit the park, but I was lucky enough to have too many pictures for yesterday’s post, so here are the rest now. You may recall that I had reached the north end of the parky, by the river where they planted flowers to restore theContinue reading “Travelers!”

I needed a coat and hat this morning because Autumn is not messing around. Yikes! There was a wood duck drake in full plumage on the pond again, trying to fit in with the regulars and perhaps get to know a nice hen. Meanwhile our resident male wood duck ducklings are still going through someContinue reading “Autumn has arrived!”

It wasn’t raining when I got up this morning, but it stayed pretty dark, so I took my time getting to the park in hopes that the forecast “partly cloudy” would come true. Well, it sure didn’t, and it even rained a bit, but the pond was hopping anyway! I counted at least 15 woodContinue reading “A new face at the pond…”

The way the beautiful weather has been repeating itself, it almost feels like I should be waking to the sounds of “I’ve got you babe,” but in the last part of the movie when he’s happy to get up and face the day. Anyway, I beat the other old guys with cameras to the pondContinue reading “Familiar faces and a new sight or two”

Wow! Our luck with this beautiful weather just keeps holding. No matter what Billie Joe Armstrong says, I’m glad I’m not sleeping through this September. I did sleep a little extra this morning, though, and by the time I got to the pond, there were already two guys taking pictures of the wood ducks onContinue reading “Some new faces and new behaviors…”