Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

The beautiful weather continues in Connecticut, and I was glad to have the time to get out this morning before the day got underway. The first pleasant surprise was being reminded of the woosh-woosh-woosh sound that mute swans make as they fly over. Even better was spotting it after it landed. I don’t believe I’veContinue reading “So that’s where they’ve been hiding…”

I didn’t have much time this morning before the family events kicked off, but my sister was looking to get some steps in early, so out the door we went. We were greeted right off the bat by this little cutie in the dim light, and it is a young Carolina wren, as far asContinue reading “Short and sweet enough, I hope.”

I’m still in Connecticut, the weather is still beautiful, and I’m still struggling to get some good pictures for you. At the start of my walk this morning, I spotted two green herons on the pond again, and this one appears to be a youngster, by the spots on its wing feathers, which I takeContinue reading “Some baby steps in the right direction.”

I made it safely to Connecticut, and the weather is beautiful here, too, but the critters were pretty shy this morning. I did spot three green herons at the same time spread out over the water were I spotted them nesting in the spring, so that’s a potential very good sign. Near the end ofContinue reading “Tiny victories…”

I’m off to Connecticut to see my folks for a week, and I may still be on the plane as you are reading this. Happily, yesterday’s outing in Estabrook Park went into extra innings, and I have a few more pictures to show you. As I was trying to capture images of the asters andContinue reading “Now for something somewhat different”

It was another beautiful morning in paradise, similar to yesterday, but with a lot less wind. The first big surprise was finding a great horned owl back at the north end. We haven’t seen the likes of them since they had a run-in with a Cooper’s hawk back in August. “Welcome back, Gorgeous!” While theContinue reading “Familiar faces just keep trickling in…”

It turns out that the white sky yesterday was caused by wildfire smoke, but it stayed up high, and a wind out of the west kicked up, so the sky was nice and blue again in Estabrook Park this morning. My first greeter of the day was this darling palm warbler in the trees westContinue reading “Still a lot of migration going on…”

The air was a smidge warmer and a lot calmer this morning in Estabrook Park, and it would have been a perfect day except for a high, thin overcast that gave the sky a bright white color. The birds didn’t seem to mind, however, and they put on quite a show. The great blue heronContinue reading “More faces we haven’t seen in a while.”

Wow, it was chilly out this morning! I read 48°F, plus there was a nice breeze out of the north, so I had to layer up for the first time of the season. The cold might have kept some folks home for a bit, so I had the pond to myself when I arrived, andContinue reading “Brrrr! It’s starting to feel like autumn.”

We did get that forecast change in the weather, so it was cool, breezy, and sometimes cloudy in Estabrook Park this morning, but the breeze was out of the north, so much of the river valley was pretty still, and the sun had plenty of opportunities to poke through the clouds, so it was aContinue reading “It ain’t over yet…”