As promised, I joined the Milwaukee Birders this morning in their quest to “go find some birds,” and our first stop was the Windpoint Lighthouse in Racine County. There, we were lucky enough to get eyes on the purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) that has had folks all atwitter lately. This is certainly a new birdContinue reading “All along the lake front…”
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Mostly quiet in Estabrook Park…
Seriously. The clouds were thick, so there were certainly no celestial bodies to see, and they tend to be pretty quiet anyway. There were no races, tournaments, or other events going on, and it was still cold enough to keep many regular visitors home, so there were hardly any people. I did see a fewContinue reading “Mostly quiet in Estabrook Park…”
A surprise visitor of the celestial kind…
With a fresh dusting of snow on the ground and clear skies overhead, I could hardly wait to get out the door and into Estabrook Park this morning. My reward for being a bit early was catching a glimpse of planet Jupiter just before it set in the west and while the sky was stillContinue reading “A surprise visitor of the celestial kind…”
A cold and quiet start to the new year…
It was cold and cloudy this morning in Estabrook, but the wind was light, we already have a nice new coating of snow on the ground from the previous couple of days, and the snow that is coming down now hadn’t started yet. Plus, the park was nearly empty of people, and traffic noise wasContinue reading “A cold and quiet start to the new year…”
A big finish to a big year…
Well, shoot! Somehow, I forgot to finish my post yesterday and send it out to you. I even had some nice pictures for you, as you will soon see, but I must have gotten distracted. Sorry about that! Anyhoo, after the early snow yesterday morning, which was barely more than a dusting, the sun cameContinue reading “A big finish to a big year…”
Winter blows back into town…
Whelp, the recent thaw is over, at least for now, and winter is back with blowing snow and freezing cold. Yippee! The bigger surprise, for me and the two wildlife walkers who joined me this morning, was finding a pair of cedar waxwings looking for berries in the bushes around the pond. We’re well withinContinue reading “Winter blows back into town…”
A look back at some birds of the Balkans…
Sheesh! As if the lack of critters to photograph lately in Estabrook Park was not enough of a problem, today the fog is still so thick at noon that if a bald eagle perched over the island in the pond, I’m not sure that I could even capture an image of it. So, this isContinue reading “A look back at some birds of the Balkans…”
A shutout!
The doldrums that seemed to have settle on Estabrook Park lately reached a climax today, and I didn’t even get a single picture, let alone see anything I would have liked to capture on film. Fortunately, it is only a few days until the end of 2025, so it’s a perfect time to start reviewingContinue reading “A shutout!”
In search of color…
It was a gray-on-gray morning in Estabrook Park, with gray fog sandwiched between thick gray clouds and melting gray ice. Sure, gray is technically a color, along with black and white, but I went searching for colors with more saturation. This nonbreeding herring gull, with pale eyes and legs but a yellow bill and perchedContinue reading “In search of color…”
Wishing the best to you and yours…
I got a late start in Estabrook Park this morning, for reasons, but there were very few other folks there, so I don’t think my tardiness had a negative effect on my wildlife viewing. Things were pretty quiet at the river, however, so I was counting on the pond to take up the slack, andContinue reading “Wishing the best to you and yours…”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 