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The huge news in Estabrook Park this morning is that the female goose on the pond has finally chosen her nesting site on the island and has started the long process of laying and incubating her eggs. Woo Hoo! When I saw one lone goose on the water, I was hoping that this would beContinue reading “Now the waiting begins…”

After a crazy February, it feels like we’re getting a March closer to normal, at least for this weekend, and it was below freezing in Estabrook Park this morning. The skies were clear, however, and the sun was warm, so none of the critters seemed put out by losing an hour’s sleep last night. OnContinue reading “Welcome to Daylight Savings Time!”

It was a pretty morning in Estabrook Park, even if the temps were seasonably cool, but the interesting pictures were few and far between, for some reason. In fact, the only one I took was of this dark-eyed junco by the pond. Luckily, I have some shots left over from previous days, and here’s anotherContinue reading “An oddly slow morning in March”

Despite the forecast for a wet morning, the rain still has not yet arrived, and I had a great walk in Estabrook Park. The big treat for me today was spotting this Cooper’s hawk with the chipmunk it had just caught. Nature in action! At the pond, this downy woodpecker posed perfectly on what’s leftContinue reading “Some get lucky, and some don’t.”

It was cloudy when dawn broke this morning, and it is cloudy again now as noon approaches, but in between there were a couple of hours of glorious sunshine in Estabrook Park. Cooper’s hawks were very active today, and I saw a pair hunting together at the pond, possibly a third bird hunting on itsContinue reading “Some interesting looks…”

A muskrat was up having its breakfast where the high river has flooded into a bottom, and it appeared to ignore the mallards trying to do the same while they returned the favor. I was asked yesterday how the elaborately colored males of some species manage to survive, and here’s the red-breasted merganser, who hasContinue reading “Songs come and go…”

After the thunderstorms rolled through last evening, I didn’t have high hopes for this morning, and it was indeed cloudy and windy in Estabrook Park, but, as Anne pointed out, at least it wasn’t raining. Things were pretty quiet at the pond, with just a few mallards for a change, and the geese probably offContinue reading “The morning after a good soaking…”

I see it has clouded up now and may even rain later, but earlier this morning we had nearly perfect weather in Estabrook Park, with clear skies, mild temps, and still air. When I arrived at the pond, I was thrilled to spot our first wood duck hen of the season and a second drake,Continue reading “A fine Monday in March…”

Our recent string of beautiful weather seems to have run its course, and it is cloudy and windy this morning in Estabrook Park. Oh, sure, I’ll go take a look, but I don’t have high expectations, so let me show you a couple more images from Zion National Park. First, there were several canyon wrensContinue reading “Zion revisited”

As nice as yesterday was, today is on track to be even nicer. Temps started out about the same, but the wind was lighter, and highway noise is usually noticeably quieter early on weekend mornings. Thus, it was a fabulous morning for a walk in Estabrook Park. I thought I’d change things up a bitContinue reading “March doubles down!”