Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

At least it was dry this morning, for a change, and when the sun did peak through the clouds, even if only for a moment, it was magnificent. Right off the bat, as I was crossing Wilson Drive on my commute to the park, I spotted a young deer peaking out from behind the cedarsContinue reading “The sun returns, sort of…”

I could hear it pouring out when I woke up, and I thought at first that I’d have to skip the park today. The radar showed a nice big gap, however, after the dawn downpour, so out to the park I went. I didn’t see a thing until I got to the pond, and thereContinue reading “The rain persists…”

I was hoping for a repeat of yesterday, but it stayed dark, and I got rained on instead. Oh well. I didn’t melt. Before the rain came, I did spot this sweetheart grabbing a bite by the pond. The shutter speed was 1/25 second with the aperture wide open at f/4.5 and the ISO crankedContinue reading “Almost too dark to see…”

The forecast last evening was for the rain to start at 7am, so I got up early in the hopes of staying dry for a lap, and boy, did it pay off. I might have to try that more often, but not every day. It’s pretty dark before sunrise on a cloudy day, and myContinue reading “Breakfasts of Champions!”

I went to bed last night expecting to sleep in this morning during the rain, but the rain didn’t come, and so off to the park I went. I spotted one deer, who just wasn’t in the mood, and so continued on straight to the pond. All the ducks, the wood duck hen and herContinue reading “More beaver!”

After a couple of days of deer chasing herons, geese chasing deer, and herons chasing geese, everyone seemed relaxed this morning, and I have no drama to report. Phew. Just as I entered the park, I scanned the horizon in hopes of spotting some deer at the tree line or even cavorting on the soccerContinue reading “Calm returns to Estabrook”

It was cool, cloudy, and very breezy this morning in Estabrook, so I didn’t really expect to see much. By the time I got to the pond, Mom had already taken off to run her errands, and the ducklings are just chillin’ by themselves. As I continued around the pond in pursuit of a greenContinue reading “The soap opera continues…”

As promised, this morning was nice and dry, and the sun peeked through the thin cloud cover, so I was able to get a nice and early start in the park. I stopped by the pond first, and I glimpsed the wood ducks, but they were foraging under some bushes that overhang the water, andContinue reading ““Happy Father’s Day”, I forgot to say.”

I got rained out again this morning, but I can’t really complain, because we sure needed the rain. Instead, I took a quick swing through the southern part later this morning, when the sun was high and most critters were going on siesta, but still managed to spot a couple of anyway. This first one,Continue reading “Two bugs and a bird…”

Might as well get this out of the way first: I saw no otters today, and I’m as disappointed about that as I’m sure you are. Oh well, and here’s hoping they come back someday, but if not, we’ll always have yesterday. The closest I got to an otter today is this little cutie pie,Continue reading “Birds, bugs, a bunny, and a bunch of ducks.”