Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

The weather hasn’t pranked me yet today, and it was a nice sunny morning in Estabrook Park. That let me get out nice and early, so I was able to spot this muskrat at the edge of the river, which we’ve seen plenty of times before. But this is the first time I’ve managed toContinue reading “No April Foolin’”

The skies were grey again this morning, but at least it wasn’t raining. The most interesting sight today was this red-breasted merganser drake on the pond. He even caught himself a goldfish for breakfast. Since we’re all here, let me show you a bit more of the sights from Malawi. After staying one night atContinue reading “Happy Easter!”

Anne and I returned home from Africa safely late yesterday afternoon, and we did our best to get a good night’s sleep last night. The weather in Estabrook Park this morning wasn’t very cooperative, so the critters and I did the best we could. There were several new arrivals, since I was there two weeksContinue reading “A little of this, and a little of that…”

It is my understanding that we have a long way to travel, and it will probably take us a while, so here’s a post to fill in the gap. I mentioned that there were a couple of great egrets in the mangrove swamp were I saw the striated heron, and here’s the one that wasContinue reading “Travel day home from Comoros”

It was our last day here, so we just hung out at the hotel and watched the birds and bats. I finally got a real nice picture of that mysterious blue/purple sunbird, and I now believe I have it identified correctly as a Malagasy sunbird (Cinnyris notatus). My best guess for the confusion is thatContinue reading “Last Day in Comoros”

I got out nice and early this morning and had the hotel grounds and its critters mostly to myself for a while, and my first sighting was a pair of common mynas, which I only saw for the first time just yesterday. This one let me get a nice detailed look at it, and thenContinue reading “Just another day in Comoros”

I see my posts have become discombobulated and out of order, but let’s press on. Comoros continues to amaze, and after dinner this evening, Anne and I walked down to the water to sit and watch the fruit bats come home to roost for the night. What a sight! Anyway, new birds for today includeContinue reading “Comoros Day ?”

I’ve got some time at the airport in Lilongwe with good connectivity and power, so let me show you a little more from Malawi in case conditions are not so good when we arrive in Comoros. For a break from all the birds, here’s a vervet monkey from my visit to the Lilongwe Wildlife CentreContinue reading “Comoros Day 1”

Anne and I arrived in the tiny island nation of Comoros in the Indian Ocean this afternoon, and things got off to an interesting start. The jet parked right in front of the shiny new terminal building, we exited out onto the tarmac, we were instructed to hike instead to the old terminal building aContinue reading “Comoros Day 1”

Sorry about skipping another day, but there was a lot going on yesterday, and I never had a good time with both connectivity and power. I did see more great birds, however, and I’ll be able to show them to you eventually. Today, Anne and I are flying to Comoros for the next phase ofContinue reading “Malawi Day 8”