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The April snow persists, and this morning’s weather was almost a repeat of yesterday’s. Happily, the critters in Estabrook Park changed things up for us, so here’s who I saw today. The red-breasted merganser was on the pond again, along with the two Canada geese and about a dozen mallards, but the new sight todayContinue reading “Once again, with feeling…”

Well, the snow sorta did eventually arrive here in Estabrook Park, but temps never got below freezing, so the little bit that did stick to the grass and branches is almost already melted. The big surprise for me this morning, however, was how high the river water has become. I estimate that it is 2-3Continue reading “April snow showers bring …”

It appears that the weather’s April Fools’ prank will be arriving a day late this year, if we do get any of the snow forecast for today. In any case, it’s dark and precipitating now, which is expected to continue all day long, so this is my big chance to get some more Africa picturesContinue reading “One last look at Nkotakhota…”

The weather hasn’t pranked me yet today, and it was a nice sunny morning in Estabrook Park. That let me get out nice and early, so I was able to spot this muskrat at the edge of the river, which we’ve seen plenty of times before. But this is the first time I’ve managed toContinue reading “No April Foolin’”

The skies were grey again this morning, but at least it wasn’t raining. The most interesting sight today was this red-breasted merganser drake on the pond. He even caught himself a goldfish for breakfast. Since we’re all here, let me show you a bit more of the sights from Malawi. After staying one night atContinue reading “Happy Easter!”

Anne and I returned home from Africa safely late yesterday afternoon, and we did our best to get a good night’s sleep last night. The weather in Estabrook Park this morning wasn’t very cooperative, so the critters and I did the best we could. There were several new arrivals, since I was there two weeksContinue reading “A little of this, and a little of that…”

It is my understanding that we have a long way to travel, and it will probably take us a while, so here’s a post to fill in the gap. I mentioned that there were a couple of great egrets in the mangrove swamp were I saw the striated heron, and here’s the one that wasContinue reading “Travel day home from Comoros”

It was our last day here, so we just hung out at the hotel and watched the birds and bats. I finally got a real nice picture of that mysterious blue/purple sunbird, and I now believe I have it identified correctly as a Malagasy sunbird (Cinnyris notatus). My best guess for the confusion is thatContinue reading “Last Day in Comoros”

I got out nice and early this morning and had the hotel grounds and its critters mostly to myself for a while, and my first sighting was a pair of common mynas, which I only saw for the first time just yesterday. This one let me get a nice detailed look at it, and thenContinue reading “Just another day in Comoros”

I see my posts have become discombobulated and out of order, but let’s press on. Comoros continues to amaze, and after dinner this evening, Anne and I walked down to the water to sit and watch the fruit bats come home to roost for the night. What a sight! Anyway, new birds for today includeContinue reading “Comoros Day ?”