Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

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…”

As nice as the weather was, it was a very slow morning in Estabrook Park. The only picture I managed to take worth showing is of this Cooper’s hawk who swooped over the parkway south of the pond and perched low in the woods south of the dog park. It sure looked like it wasContinue reading “A slow, slow morning in Estabrook Park.”

It sure felt as cold as forecast, but the breeze was light, and the sun was out for a bit, so it was a pretty nice morning in Estabrook Park. The pond was completely frozen over again, and the river was starting to ice up, but I hear it is not supposed to last. OhContinue reading “Look who came in with the cold…”

Wow, was it windy in Estabrook Park this morning! It took the actual 30°F air temperature down to a “RealFeel®” temp of 18°F. Brisk! The skies were clear, however, and that’s a nice change of pace for this month. The big surprise guest today is this slightly shell-shocked-looking male red-breasted merganser on the river justContinue reading “Look who the wind blew in…”

After all the excitement of yesterday, things were pretty slow and quiet in Estabrook Park today. There were only two great horned owls, the pair in a tree together, and here’s the less shy one. The male belted kingfisher was plying his trade over the river at the north end again, and here he isContinue reading “Taking it down a few notches…”

It sure was a crazy morning in Estabrook Park today. The skies were grey, but the forecast rain never came, at least until noon as I write this, and the wildlife put on an amazing show. The first nice treat was finding a mature bald eagle over the northern island in the river. The firstContinue reading “What a crazy morning…”

Our recent run of nice weather continued this morning, so I was able to get into Estabrook Park nice and early again. I was a little surprised that this eastern cottontail rabbit, beside the path along the western edge of the southern soccer fields and the likes of whom I see often in the springContinue reading “A morning of unexpected sights…”

The weather was beautiful in Estabrook Park this morning, and I didn’t have any errands to run, so I got there nice and early. So early, in fact, that my camera outright refused to focus on the quartet of deer I found at the sand volleyball court across from the southern parking lot. I satContinue reading “Another straggler…”

Sorry for the late post, but my computer has been in the shop since I dropped it off at 6:30 this morning, and I was only able to pick it up around 2:30 this afternoon. Anyway, the skies were pretty clear this morning, at least off to the south and east, so I was ableContinue reading “Time for a closeup at last…”

What a curious morning it was. The weather was nice enough, with seasonably cool temps, a bit of a breeze, and crystal-clear skies, but the critters were few and far between for some reason. On my first swing by the pond, there wasn’t a single bird on the water, and it wasn’t even frozen over,Continue reading “A curious morning…”