Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

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!”

It was a strange morning in Estabrook Park. The air was warmer than it’s been in a while, and the skies were nice and clear at sunrise, but then a thick fog rolled in from off the lake, and I could barely make out the far riverbank. Then, as randomly as it came, the fogContinue reading “Foggy Friday, at least for a little while…”

The sky is a bit hazy today, but the breeze has died down, which makes listening for birds all the easier, so it was another perfectly fine morning to be in Estabrook Park. When I arrived at the pond, I could hear a wood duck calling, and it only took me a moment to findContinue reading “Hello up there!”

There is still a cool breeze out of the northeast, but the sun was out, and the sky was blue, so it was another beautiful morning to be in Estabrook Park. There are still plenty of warblers around, especially redstarts, of which I counted at least two dozen, but we’ve seen a lot of warblersContinue reading “Changeup”

The forecast for this morning in Estabrook was wet, and the heavy clouds did come on schedule, but the precipitation delivery was delayed, so I had a little time to sneak into the park to see who was around. As luck would have it, this was the day that I was able to get aContinue reading “Just when you think you’ve seen them all…”