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Well, maybe this is what I get for whining about how Thursday’s weather wasn’t as perfect as Wednesday’s and Tuesday’s. With all that cloud cover, it sure took its sweet time getting light this morning, so I waited until after my 9am zoom meeting before venturing into Estabrook Park. I headed straight to the northContinue reading “A break in the weather…”

It was a nice enough morning in Estabrook Park, but a little breezy, so more like a copy of a copy rather than another cast from the same mold. I didn’t see any deer today, and the mammals were represented by this shy little cutie instead. Belted kingfishers continue to make rackets along the river,Continue reading “Double the pleasure…”

They must have kept the mold from yesterday because the weather this morning was just as nice. The critters, on the other hand, were done with their little “welcome home” display, and they were back to their usual shy and skittish selves. That’s fine with me, though, because finding them is at least half theContinue reading “Things that go around…”

What an absolutely gorgeous November morning for a walk in Estabrook Park, with crystal blue skies, frost on the fallen leaves, and crisp, still air quickly warming in the bright sun. Even better, the critters came out to enjoy it with me. As I approached the underpass that connects the Oak Leaf Trail to theContinue reading “A fine homecoming…”

Hi All! I was traveling this weekend and so only got out into the countryside briefly on Saturday morning, and then I haven’t had a chance to show you what I found until now. Despite a short visit, I did manage to capture a couple of interesting and pretty sights on film. This first oneContinue reading “Rare sightings…”

As you may have surmised, I have a couple of pictures left over from the weekend. Here’s the little green-winged teal drake really getting into the duckweed. And young moorhen doing the same after the sun came out on Saturday. While this great horned grebe enjoys the nice clear water on the Schie river. OnContinue reading “Some like the muck, some don’t…”

The tiny European robins I see here are so shy that I probably average only one sighting per month, and I show you every picture of them that I manage to take. This morning, however, something had changed. Perhaps it was the dark and gloomy weather, they really seem to shun the sun, or perhapsContinue reading “Holy Robins, Batman!”

The morning started out dark and damp, but the temperature was mild, and the sun eventually came out, so it was not a bad start to the weekend. Best of all, I spotted another new bird for us in a tree with small red berries at the edge of a field. This “rather large, subtlyContinue reading “Field Fare…”

At some point, perhaps over the summer, I read or heard the name “collard-dove”, but that’s all I had, just the name. Then, on Sunday, as I rode by a farmhouse on the way from one open field to another, I spotted a few birds that I figured were wood pigeons or even rock pigeons,Continue reading “Oh yeah…”

After the rain blew through yesterday morning, the sun came out, and the wind kept right on blowing. Oddly enough, I saw more little birds in the air than I think I’ve ever seen here, and maybe it was in spite of the wind instead of because of it. They got places to be! InContinue reading “Something new, something old, and something cra-cra…”