Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

It was cool, cloudy, and breezy this morning in Estabrook Park, so perfect weather for a Memorial Day cookout or campout, as I remember it. At least it wasn’t raining, yet. We didn’t have an eagle visit us this year to celebrate the occasion, as we did last year, but I was still happy toContinue reading “Classic Memorial Day Weather.”

The sky looked nice and clear as dawn broke, but a thick blanket of clouds rolled in before the sun could even clear the horizon. Ah well. It is Memorial Day weekend, after all, and this is pretty much par for the course, in my experience. In keeping with the mood, things were pretty quietContinue reading “Happy holiday weekend hump day!”

The river was up nearly a foot, and things were plenty wet, but those are about all the indications of the heavy storms that rolled through yesterday afternoon. The sun was shining this morning, and the breeze was light, so it was a very nice start to the holiday weekend in Estabrook Park. Better yet,Continue reading “A fine start to the holiday weekend…”

It was a nice-enough morning in Estabrook Park, but it appears that most of the resident critters have already split for the Memorial Day weekend. Thus, I am sorry to say that there was no sign of either the mallard or wood duck ducklings on the pond, and the bluebirds were not in the usualContinue reading “Trying to beat the holiday rush…”

The fine weather has returned to Estabrook Park, at least for this morning, and it was a great time to visit, but let’s cut right to the main event, which I only saw on my second visit to the pond: seven brand-new and vigorous wood duck ducklings. Woo Hoo! The mallard hen with her ducklingContinue reading “More Ducklings!”

Wowzah! The wind sure is blowing in Estabrook Park this morning. Fortunately for this project, critters be hungry anyway, so there were still some sights to see. Once I sat down to seem less of a threat, the mallard hen and her duckling on the pond came over for their daily picture. While I wasContinue reading “If a tree falls in the river…”

The fog in Estabrook Park this morning was as thick as pea soup. It was foggy before dawn, and it has lifted a bit, but it is still foggy as I write this. On top of that, I finally broke down and sent my good lens in for service yesterday. It has been acting upContinue reading “A dark and dreary Tuesday…”

At the breakfast table this morning, Anne and I saw the chance of precipitation below 20% through 10am. By the time we headed out at 5:40, it had jumped up to 78% for 7am, but the radar forecast looked like it might just miss us. Well, by the time I got to the pond, theContinue reading “A surprise downpour!”

It was another super nice morning in Estabrook Park, with slightly warmer temps and a little bit more of a breeze. The critters might have been worn out from the big day yesterday, I sure know I was, but we all did our best anyway. I saw three sandpipers on the river, along with aContinue reading “A day for taking it easy…”

Today was the third annual Pollinator Palooza in Estabrook Park, and they could not have had a better day for it. It started out cool, but it warmed up quickly, the breeze has been light, and the skies have not been cloudy all day. In the past, they have had Charles Hagner lead bird walksContinue reading “Pollinator Palooza!”