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Alright. Let’s see if I can remember to include a title and press “publish” on the first try today. In any case, it was wonderfully dark, warm, and humid this morning with not much wind, so the bugs were thick and the little birds; the phoebes, kinglets, and warblers; were after them like crazy. Here’sContinue reading “Several more firsts…”

Although this morning was gorgeous, I couldn’t get to Estabrook until almost lunchtime today. Happily, there were still all kinds of sights to see, and I’d like to lead you off with the newest arrival at the pond, Mrs. Red-winged Blackbird, here to see what the boys have been up to while she was away.Continue reading “Something new and something old…”

I hit “publish” on this yesterday, but found it in my “drafts” folder today, so I don’t know what happened. Sorry that you didn’t get to see it until now. Sure, folks have reported seeing them for at least a week, and the waterthrush I showed you yesterday, which the experts have since confirmed isContinue reading “The warblers are here!”

Wow! What a morning! The sky was clear, the winds were calm, and there wasn’t as much frost coating the logs that I’ve been using to cross high water. They sure were treacherous yesterday. The night-herons were in their usual spot and starting to attract some attention. I met a guy yesterday and two newContinue reading “Now that’s more like it!”

I don’t think it got below freezing last night, but it was cold, clear, and calm enough for convective cooling to leave a coating of frost most everywhere. Happily, the mostly clear skies continued past sunrise for a couple of hours before the clouds rolled back in. I didn’t see the blue heron today, butContinue reading “It’s gotta warm up someday, right?”

It took a while for the rain to turn to snow this morning, so I didn’t get into Estabrook until 10am. Happily, must critters were still up at that late hour, and I got to see quite a few. Conditions continue to be suboptimal for photography, however, so let’s see what images I managed toContinue reading “A good day for water birds…”

I couldn’t make it to Estabrook this morning, while the skies were grey but dry, and had to go around lunch time when the clouds started leaking. Most of the critters were busy today, and had no time for pictures, but there were a couple notable exceptions. Our two new favorite black-crowned night-herons were stillContinue reading “A short one…”

It was still raining when we woke up, but soon enough the big green radar blob drifted out over the lake and left us with a pretty nice morning in Estabrook Park. As usual these days, there were plenty of birds making rackets, but hardly anybody had time for my camera. This sparrow by theContinue reading “A morning of surprises…”

I didn’t get to Estabrook until nearly noon today, and I was happy to find that there were still plenty of critters up and about, but I didn’t get a picture until this handsome devil, a red-breasted merganser drake, came floating by at the southern island. When I approached the northern island, however, things reallyContinue reading “A bunch of little posers.”

The classic spring weather continues, but at least it wasn’t precipitating this morning, so good enough for a visit to Estabrook. The winter wrens are as thick as ever, and this one had bigger fish to fry than staying out of my sight. I don’t see the mallards in large groups on the river anymore.Continue reading “A Spring Classic!”