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We had another great day in Yellowstone, but the plan is to get up early for tomorrow, and I’m beat tonight, so here are a few more pictures from Craters of the Moon to tide you over. First is that non-descript looking little Brewer’s sparrow (Spizella breweri) at Craters of the Moon who regaled usContinue reading “Field Trip Report, Day 6.”

We checked out of Arco early this morning, the first community in the world ever to be lit by electricity generated solely by nuclear power and where we had stayed as we visited the Craters of the Moon, and headed east. The first stop was Grand Teton National Park, where I only managed one presentable pictureContinue reading “Field Trip Report, Day 5.”

Gotta be quick because it’s late and we’re getting up early, but here are just a couple of the amazing sights we saw today at the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in south central Idaho. Besides the cinder cones, splatter cones, and huge lava fields, there were plenty of birds, blossoms, andContinue reading “Field Trip Report, Day 4.”

We hit a different trail today for another stellar day in Glacier National Park. This time, we ascended Snyder Lake Trail and found many fewer fellow hikers. We didn’t reach Snyder Lake, so didn’t see any water birds, but there were open areas from the Sprague Fire in 2017, which attracts different critters than theContinue reading “Field Trip Report, Day 2.”

Gotta make this quick ’cause the wifi is sketchy here, but after a 29-hour Amtrak® train ride, we arrived at Glacier National Park yesterday and hiked to Avalanche Lake today. It was a pretty short hike, just 5 easy miles roundtrip, but boy-oh-boy, what a hike it was. Right off the bat, a barred owlContinue reading “Field Trip Report, Day 1.”

Thanks for coming along for the ride, and check out all the old friends who stopped by in Estabrook this morning to say hi. The parkway is still closed off between the middle and southern parking lot, and that tranquility is still glorious, so enjoy it while it lasts! Our first guest in a veryContinue reading “Episode 300!”

The big news in Estabrook today is that the Parks Department has closed the parkway to through traffic for the summer again as part of the Milwaukee County Active Streets Program, and it is glorious! I walked the length and just enjoyed listening to the birds. As I approached the north end of the closure,Continue reading “All kinds of critters about today…”

Mom was pretty shy this morning, and I didn’t want to push things, so that’s all I’ve got so far, but the little tyke can already scamper pretty well. Meanwhile, here’s a male rose-breasted grosbeak calling for the female we spotted yesterday. He might want to clean up that beak before she sees it, butContinue reading “More signs of new life in Estabrook Park…”

I should go out an buy lottery tickets for lunch because I can’t believe the string of luck I’ve had this morning. The air was cool, but not cold, humid, and calm, and so perfect for bugs and therefore perfect for birds. I hardly got into the park before I happened upon this little rayContinue reading “A morning of many firsts…”

I managed to sneak into Estabrook between the warm morning rain and the cold afternoon rain, and I’m sure glad I did because I hardly got wet at all and I spotted at least two, maybe more, stunning scarlet tanagers (Piranga olivacea) in one of the big oak trees just north of the Kilbourntown House,Continue reading “A quick trip between the rain drops…”