Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

It was another morning in paradise, and I got out to enjoy it nice and early. Things were pretty busy at the pond when I arrived. Sure, there was still no sign of the juvenile night-heron from a couple of days ago, and the juvenile hooded merganser seems to have finally moved on, but weContinue reading “August continues to delight…”

Since the air was still and cool early this morning, I opted to get in my bike ride first and then visit Estabrook later, after the day had warmed up a bit. Once I finally arrived, I didn’t want to trek across the soccer fields in the hot sun, so I took the nice-and-shady OakContinue reading “Will Wonders Ever Cease?”

The weather this morning in Estabrook Park was about as perfect as I hope to experience. The air was cool, not too damp, and still., and the skies were crystal blue. Then, as if that alone wasn’t enough, we have a surprise visitor at the pond! Check out this young black-crowned night heron. I believeContinue reading “July goes out on a high note!”

It was another beautiful morning in Estabrook Park, and signs of the recent storms are beginning to fade. There are still about a dozen wood ducks on the pond along with the lone young hooded merganser, and it appears they have gotten quite comfortable with each other. I just couldn’t get these two to lookContinue reading “Some normalcy returns…”

Oof! The weather was nice enough this morning, but it must have poured last night! The river was up at least a foot, the water as fast and brown, and almost all the rocks and sandbars that have been exposed for most of the summer were back under water. The critters seemed a bit shellshocked,Continue reading “The morning after…”

It was a goofy morning. I don’t remember rain in the forecast when I checked last evening, but I could hear it on my windowsills before dawn today, so I had a nice relaxing breakfast over the newspaper with Anne. Then, by 7am, the rain had moved out, and things began to dry up, soContinue reading “Breakfast time…”

Aaah. The smoke and haze have moved on, and the blue skies are back. Once again, I went for a bike ride first, got a flat tire, which was awesome, and finally hit Estabrook at about a quarter to 8. By then the sun was nice and high, and the air was warm, so theContinue reading “Peak summer sights…”

I hit the park early this morning, in hopes of beating the rain, and despite the dark skies, or perhaps because of them, I was surprised by how much there was to see. As I was bent over to fish some pieces of broken glass out of the lawn across the parkway from the soccerContinue reading “A quick visit before the rain…”

Given the forecast for today and the activities I wanted to squeeze in, I opted to go for a bike ride first, when it was still nice and cool, and then visit Estabrook after it had warmed up a bit. Man, oh man, did that ever pay off. I first stopped by the flowers besideContinue reading “An old friend returns…”

I took a break from Estabrook yesterday and joined Donna’s Sunday morning birders at Doctor’s Park in Fox Point instead. It was a very nice day, the group is super friendly, and the park is nice enough, but I struggled to get any pictures. The most interesting sight, for me, was a group of red-headedContinue reading “Still more to see…”