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I’m off to Connecticut to see my folks for a week, so today is a travel day, and I’m taking the opportunity to show you the last of my Comoros pictures. Here’s one last look at the stunning Malagasy sunbird. Here’s a gecko that fades from green to blue. Here’s a radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), whichContinue reading “Travel day and Comoros wrapup.”

It was cloudy and breezy this morning in Estabrook Park, but the air was warm, and the clouds were not leaking, so not a bad time to visit. All eight goslings were still at the pond, but one seemed to prefer lying down while grazing, compared to its siblings. At least it was grazing, andContinue reading “A big slump after the holiday…”

It was a beautiful morning in Estabrook Park, and it turns out that there was an Earth Day chore waiting for me at the pond. As I was at the north end looking for the recently arrived green heron, which I never did find, the geese on the west lawn near the south end ofContinue reading “Happy Earth Day!”

Anne and I took the grandson out to Waterford yesterday afternoon to spend the weekend with his great-grandmother. It was 32° out here at sunrise this morning, and there was frost on the grass, but the skies were clear, so out the door I went. While the sky was still a bit dark, I gotContinue reading “Springtime in Waterford!”

Today was not the same as yesterday. It was sunny again, but it was colder, especially in the breeze, and there was a lot of activity going on between the Brew City Marathon and the Milwaukee River Cleanup. I don’t know which factor, if any, was the cause, but the critters were laying low today.Continue reading “Easing off the gas…”

Wow, oh wow! What an epic morning! The skies were crystal clear, so I was able to get into Estabrook before 6am, for the first time this year. The air was cool, and forecast to be breezy, but the breeze took its time getting here, so I had a couple glorious hours with the critters,Continue reading “Not a bad way to start the weekend…”

The skies were clear as dawn broke this morning, but they soon clouded up again and even started to leak on me before I got back out of Estabrook Park. Oh well. At least there was no graupel, and this should make for some amazing May flowers, if the old saying carries any weight anyContinue reading “Another dreary morning in April…”

What a morning! It rained, it poured, the wind blew, we even got a tiny, but oh so necessary, dose of graupel, and then the sun came out. PS: that title rhymes if you don’t know how to pronounce graupel. Anyway, when I arrived at the pond, the skies looked threatening, the air was foggy,Continue reading “It just ain’t April without Graupel”

The high-pressure system we’ve been enjoying is starting to lose its grip, and we’re due for rain later, but it was still pretty nice in Estabrook Park this morning. All eight goslings are still at the pond, but I left them alone today, and here’s another picture from Sunday. There were a couple surprises onContinue reading “Not the surprises I expected to find…”

As happens from time to time, our streak of beautiful weather continued this morning, with even less of a breeze, and I got out nice and early to enjoy it. Oddly enough, however, the critters in Estabrook Park were much quieter than yesterday. I suspect some have already moved north. I was thrilled to seeContinue reading “Happy Tax Day!”