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Look who I spotted hauling its groceries home across the pond early this morning. That’s right, it’s our resident muskrat, whom we haven’t seen since the middle of May. Meanwhile, the kingfishers, of which there were two today, were over at the fish aisle, and goldfish must be on sale this week. A green heronContinue reading “Settling into a summer groove…”

So there I was, standing on the path along the river and frantically, but without making any sudden movements, trying to get my lens to focus on a “rare, for this time of year” and crazy-elusive Canada warbler, which I could clearly hear with my ears and glimpse with my binoculars, when all of aContinue reading “Just when I think I’ve seen it all…”

It was a dark and cloudy morning in Estabrook Park, and I even contemplated not going for a visit. All the migrants have moved on, so what did I expect to see anyway. Well, my producer was having none of that, handed me my camera, and marched me out the door. Talk about luck! WhenContinue reading “As it turns out, eight is not enough.”

I had to skip yesterday so I could participate in the UPAF Ride for the Arts, but I’m back today, and it was surprisingly dark this morning. Perhaps there was a big cloudbank over the lake blocking the low sun. In any case, the dim light seemed to subdue the critters, and I don’t believeContinue reading “Plus eight more…”

Perhaps everyone is getting a little tired of the amazing streak of fabulous weather we’ve been experiencing and the resulting need, real or imagined, to be out there enjoying it all the time because things were pretty quiet in Estabrook Park this morning. I didn’t see a single heron. Nevertheless, not everyone was sleeping in,Continue reading “Let’s all hope that eight is enough.”

I’ll keep this short, and it will probably still be riddled with typos because I don’t have access to my usual proofreader today. Oh well. Meanwhile, our streak of gorgeous weather continues in Estabrook Park, and the sun rises at 5:15 now, so that’s when I hit the trails because the early bird waits forContinue reading “June continues to delight.”

I received a comment about yesterday’s post from long-time reader, fellow crack-of-dawn trail walker, and sometimes blogger, Carrie, who mentioned that she had seen both a doe with her fawn and a wood duck hen with her ducklings on the pond yesterday. Sheesh! Where the heck had I been? Anyway, as I was stepping outContinue reading “June starts off with a bang!”

It was 60°F at 5:30 this morning when I arrived at Estabrook Park. Woo hoo! Summer really is here, at least for now, and it appears that all this warm weather has made the carp in the river feel quite frisky. They were really stirring up the water today. While I was trying to getContinue reading “A frenzy in the river…”

It seems that summer has arrived, at least psychologically and meterologically, if not yet astronomically, and I was happy to see that Estabrook Park looked hardly worse for the wear generated by the throngs of revelers enjoying a Memorial Day weekend with probably the nicest weather on record. Anyway, the lonely wood duck drake onContinue reading “Really starting to feel like summer…”

The wood ducks, who had been thick on the pond a month ago, have really cut back on that, and I only found this one sleepy fellow there this morning as the sun started to shine through the trees from the east. There were only a couple of blue herons on the river, but noneContinue reading “Happy Memorial Day!”