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The forecast for this morning in Estabrook was wet, and the heavy clouds did come on schedule, but the precipitation delivery was delayed, so I had a little time to sneak into the park to see who was around. As luck would have it, this was the day that I was able to get aContinue reading “Just when you think you’ve seen them all…”

The warm wind out of the southwest must have continued through the night because it was nice and warm in Estabrook Park this morning, despite being pretty cloudy. This is the moment the toads have been waiting for, because they were singing like crazy at the pond and all along the river, and here areContinue reading “Look who the breeze blew in…”

I have led off today’s post in the past with a picture of Mother Goose sheltering her goslings on the west lawn by the pond, but spring is so ahead of schedule this year, that they have already hiked down to the river. Thus, the only mom on the pond today is the mallard henContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”

We have ducklings at last! What a wonderful development, and here’s one mallard hen with her four on the river. She might actually be the hen we first saw at the pond Thursday morning seeming to shelter someone or something under her wings. And here’s another hen with a single duckling on the pond. TheContinue reading “Ducklings! We have ducklings! Hurray!”

All that finger crossing must have worked, thank you very much, because it was a stunningly beautiful morning in Estabrook Park, and with nice clear skies, I was able to get in the door at 5:40am. Noice! Plus, such an early start allowed me to catch the last of the deer heading to bed. “SweetContinue reading “Several promising new signs…”

It was a dark and dreary morning in Estabrook Park, but the clouds were never as leaky as the big green blob on the radar suggested they were, so I was still able to take a couple of pictures. This first one is not much of a portrait, what with me having to over-expose itContinue reading “Along came the rain, and…”

After a few lines of thunderstorms rolled through yesterday, the river is at least a foot higher today, but the drop-dead gorgeous weather has returned, and it was a perfect morning in Estabrook Park. First off, I am happy to report that the scene of Canada geese and goslings downriver that I ended with onContinue reading “Out came the sun, and …”

The line of thunderstorms forecast to roll through this morning got delayed a bit, perhaps in Chicago traffic, and I had some time to sneak into Estabrook Park. The skies were pretty dark, but I found some subjects willing to sit still for 1/125 of a second. The first one is this pretty green heronContinue reading “One more new face.”

Weather-wise, this morning in Estabrook Park was almost a perfect repeat of yesterday. The sky wasn’t quite as clear, but the cool breeze out of the northeast was a bit lighter, so I’ll take it! I had only reached the narrow part of the park, where the paved walking path goes right along the edgeContinue reading “A pretty fine way to start the week…”

We had some thunderstorms roll through last evening, but they took all the clouds with them, so it was a very nice morning in Estabrook Park. I stopped by the river on my way to the pond, and I was thrilled to find a family of Canada geese there. I have no way of knowingContinue reading “More old friends return…”