Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

Hoodies are the only mergansers we see, and when the river starts freezing up, we can hope to catch some glimpses of common mergansers, such as this drake with four hens.

Once the ice forms on the river, you might be surprised to see this year-round resident as well, but here’s a female belted kingfisher picture from the same day as the ice picture above.

Here’s a sight I don’t get to see everyday, even though they are year-round residents, a great blue heron in the snow.

Here an interesting one, if you haven’t seen it before, an American black duck, a drake by the looks of that yellow bill, hiding amongst the mallards.

One of my favorite parts of winter is the snow because it makes everything look nice. Here are a few of our year-round critters looking especially nice in the snow. A male northern cardinal. A female northern cardinal. A mourning dove And a red-tailed hawk

Buffleheads and hooded mergansers are nice, but how about this goldeneye drake? I can’t wait to see them again.

While I’m on the road, here’s another treat we might expect this coming winter. Sure, we see hooded mergansers from time to time, but we don’t often get to see them parked on the ice.

Welp, I already tipped my had last evening when I accidentally sent out “Travel Day 9” ahead of schedule. Anyway, as you have probably surmised by now, Anne and I are on the road again, and I’ve got my camera with me, but I don’t expect to have sufficient internet for a while, so I’veContinue reading “Travel Day Number 1”

If we get lucky, we might even get to see a gadwall drake again

Holy Mackerel! What a morning. There were a few clouds messing with my light now and then, but the good weather is mostly holding. The huge news, however, is that Estabrook Park has been swamped by new birds since yesterday morning. Right off the bat, there were dozens of dark-eyed juncos frantically foraging in theContinue reading “The birds go crazy in Estabrook Park!”