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The heat and humidity continue, and some poor running club had one of their long runs in the park this morning, so I was surprised to find a critter about at all, but find some I did. The pond was pretty quiet again, with just five wood ducks, three mallards, and one green heron, andContinue reading “They’re back, Baby!”

Ugh. Cloudy, hazy, 75°, 92% humidity, and I’m running low on bug spray. Plus, I’ve heard through the grapevine that some readers haven’t quite got the knack yet of telling all the herons apart. So, we’re going to take a break from new content today and just review a bit ’cause I’m in charge, andContinue reading “Review Day. Yay!”

The day started off pretty nice in Estabrook, with plenty of humidity, but not much heat yet, and even a bit of sun. The pond was pretty quiet when I arrived, but there were still a couple of ducks on the water, and I soon found both the night-heron and a green heron in theContinue reading “A quick visit before the fog rolled in.”

It seemed as though everyone was taking this morning off, or maybe the humidity is starting to get to them, because there was hardly anyone about, except for the robins, which were everywhere. I did eventually find seven wood ducks, a couple of mallards, one green heron, and our one night heron on the pond,Continue reading “A slow hump day in August.”

It’ll be a short post today, if only to make up for all the verbiage I threw at you yesterday. The cormorant was not on the pond this morning, during either of my visits. Oh well. The yellow-crowned night-heron was there and looking a little sleepy in the shade. A green heron was there andContinue reading “Another surprise visitor to the pond”

You’re gonna get two posts today because I didn’t publish yesterday’s until this morning, by accident, and I saw just too much stuff in the park today to hold onto it. So, here comes post number two. Things got off to a slow start this morning, and I didn’t see anything until I got toContinue reading “The Cormorant Returns!”

LOL! I wrote this up yesterday morning and thought I posted it, but it seems that somehow I forgot. Sorry about that. Better late than never, I hope. Wow, what a beautiful change in the weather, and it seems that the cool, crisp air brought everyone out to play. I could hear a chorus ofContinue reading “A fun and busy morning in the park”

It’s a short report today. Instead of touring Estabrook, I joined the Adopt-a-River Cleanup with Shorewood Conservation Committee and Milwaukee River Keepers, and it covered the east side from Capitol to Hubbard park. We had a crew of at least 8 and 4 of us were from Friends of Estabrook Park. I did bring myContinue reading “Adopt-a-River Cleanup with Shorewood Conservation Committee and Milwaukee River Keepers”

Yesterday morning was so foggy that I decided to wait until this morning, and guess what. Today was just as foggy as yesterday, so I waited for the sun to burn off the fog and finally headed to the park. When I got to the pond, there were a couple of green herons chasing eachContinue reading “Post 366, for lack of a better name”

It was still a pretty nice morning, although temps and humidity are creeping back up, but summer is really starting to wind down. The cacophony of bird chatter is pretty much gone, and all that is left is the quiet chirp of crickets and an occasional crow, jay, or oriole call. I spotted one greenContinue reading “Something green, something blue, something orange, and something new.”