Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

The rain is done for now, and it became a beautiful morning in Estabrook Park after the clouds drifted away and the sun came out. It didn’t take me long to find this female rose-breasted grosbeak looking to bask a bit in that nice, warm morning sun. We hardly see them over the summer, soContinue reading “Finally back in Estabrook and Sedona part 2”

It’s a rainy morning in Estabrook Park, but I spent the weekend in Sedona, AZ, with a group of high school buddies, and we sprung for a guided birding tour, which was excellent, so here are some pictures from that. We started on foot right from our Airbnb and headed up the side of nearbyContinue reading “Sedona Report, Part 1”

While we’re in May 2022, I will never forget the encounter I had with this coyote on the day before I left for South Holland. It still gives me goosebumps. With any luck, tomorrow morning I’ll have for you some pictures from my trip, my recent visit to Estabrook Park, or both.

Here’s my best picture of the amazing prairie warbler that visited Estabrook Park for a few days back in May, 2022. He made me work hard for this picture and then seemed to get bored with the game and just started singing.

Here’s a violet-green swallow from Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho, also in 2021. I had never heard of such a creature, and I could barely believe my eyes when I got a good look at it.

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m on the road again today, and to tide you over here’s a barred owl I saw in Glacier National Park back in 2021 on a hike up to Avalanche Lake, another great trip planned by Anne. It is my one and only barred owl and the only time, so far, thatContinue reading “A trip down Memory Lane, part 1”

Oof, the sky was, and as I write this still is, dark today, but critters gotta eat, so I managed to take some pictures anyway, even if they’re a bit dark and moody. There was quite a crowd of wood ducks on the pond, I counted eleven, and this drake appears to be sporting theContinue reading “September eases off the gas…”

I was happy to see that we still have wood ducks on the pond, and I counted six of them today. Here is a drake, on the left, and a hen, on the right, acting like an old couple on the outs. On the river, I was also happy to see that the green heronsContinue reading “Estabrook continues to surprise…”

On our last morning in the Amazon, at Antonio’s Lodge, I had sort of a magical moment in which I just kept seeing one new bird after another. The previous morning, I had parked in the observation tower they have, in hopes of seeing birds at eye level or below, and I did see thatContinue reading “Diga adeus ao Brasil”

I couldn’t make it to Estabrook Park again today, so that means more room for Amazonian wildlife. As I mentioned yesterday, we traveled back to Manaus from the Dolphin Lodge, where we spent the night, and the next morning we started the four-hour boat-car-boat trip to “Amazon Antonio’s Lodge”. While the Dolphin is south ofContinue reading “Merry Labor Day Eve”