Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

It was nice to be back in Estabrook Park this morning, even if the skies were cloudier than forecast, and here are a few of the critters who came out to welcome me back. Our surprise gray catbird continues to hang out by the pond, well north of its usual winter range, and poked itsContinue reading “Back among familiar faces…”

Anne and I are back home safe and sound and thank you for all your well wishes. The weather forecast looks wonderful for tomorrow, so I can’t wait to get back into Estabrook Park to see what all the critters have been up to. Meanwhile, here are a few more pictures from yesterday in ConnecticutContinue reading “A few more sights from Connecticut.”

My schedule is a little discombobulated here out east, but the rain finally stopped, and I did get to see this darling male eastern bluebird this morning. Let’s hope he’s a good omen for the year to come.

I’m still in Connecticut, and the skies are still dark and a little leaky. Nevertheless, I did get a couple of images that you might enjoy. Here’s a tufted titmouse, a blurry Carolina wren, and finally, a northern mockingbird.

Well, the fog seems to have followed me to Connecticut, and I don’t have any new pictures for you yet, although my sister and I did spot some cool birds this morning on our walk. Instead, here’s one of my very favorite pictures from Estabrook Park this year. I’d been dreaming of a nice ruby-throatedContinue reading “Can’t escape this fog…”

Since we’re not having a white Christmas in southeastern Wisconsin, and I’m traveling today anyway, let me show you some recent images that evoke the season for me.

The pea soup continued this morning, but I needed a walk anyway, so into Estabrook Park I went. I could see at least a bit of one owl on the island, I believe, and an eagle stopped by to perch above the far shore for a bit, but neither made good pictures in this weather.Continue reading “More shades of gray…”

The weather must have heard me complaining about how dark it was yesterday morning and took that as a challenge because the fog is as thick as pea soup this morning. If a coyote was fighting a bald eagle over a green-winged teal on the pond that they both wanted for breakfast, I don’t thinkContinue reading “Pea soup for the soul…”

Oof! As if the dark, heavy cloud cover wasn’t bad enough, this morning we also had a bit of fog to help dim the sights. If I were taking moody pictures of bare trees, this would be great, but that’s somebody else’s blog. Luckily, a couple of nice big birds were content to sit realContinue reading “Thank goodness for big birds…”

The dark grey skies have returned, with a vengeance, but I am happy to report that so have the critters. I don’t mean to say that today was the most amazing day ever, but it sure was a whole lot better than yesterday. I’ve been seeing this muskrat, who appears to make its home onContinue reading “Maybe they prefer the grey skies…”