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The skies were dark over Estabrook Park again this morning, and perhaps that tricked this muskrat on the pond to be out and about well after its usual bedtime. I tried walking upriver atop the bluff this time, to save me from backtracking for better eagle pictures, but the eagles saw right through my ployContinue reading “A whole lot of breakfast going down…”

The snow never arrived, and so Estabrook Park looked pretty much the same this morning as it did yesterday. The surprise for the day came early, on my first visit to the pond, when I watched not just one, but two muskrats steam towards their burrow in the eastern shore. Here’s the second one whoContinue reading “Rinse and repeat…”

It was cool and dark this morning in Estabrook Park, but the winds were light, and the clouds were holding their water, so not a bad time for a visit. Things were quiet, however, and I didn’t see anything remarkable at the pond or the river until a pair of crows alerted me to aContinue reading “It helps to have more eyes on the skies.”

The rain was pretty steady, there was a big green blob on the radar, and showers were forecast to continue until 11am, so I did not expect to be in Estabrook Park this morning. When Anne got home from her walk around 8:30, however, she reported that the rain had already stopped, and the skyContinue reading “The rain lets up early…”

It was a grey morning in Estabrook Park, and the great blue heron looked glum.

It was a dark morning in Estabrook Park, but the temps were mildish, and the forecast precipitation wasn’t supposed to start till at least 8 or 9 am, so I slipped in to see if there was anyone around. I didn’t spot any herons or eagles today, and the owl was so deep into theContinue reading “A happy return…”

Temperatures are back to normal, the river ice is beginning to break up and drift downstream, and I was even a bit overdressed for my hike through Estabrook Park this morning. After a brief absence, the great blue herons have returned, and I counted two today. Here’s the one that chose to land closest toContinue reading “Autumn resumes, at least for a while…”

Temps were back up into the mid-twenties, and the wind chill only down into the teens, plus the skies were still crystal clear, and the wind wasn’t howling, so it was a perfect morning to visit Estabrook Park. I was greeted as soon as I stepped out my front door by this red-tailed hawk perchedContinue reading “Winter taps the brakes…”

We really got a mouthful of winter weather in Estabrook Park this morning, at least temperature wise, and the thermometer said 14°F, -10°C for our international subscribers. Add in a nice breeze out of the northwest, and it felt as though it was below zero. The sky was clear, however, so there was plenty ofContinue reading “Winter says, “try a bigger bite!””

With clear skies overnight and the sunrise temperature at 21°F this morning, the pond was frozen over for the first time this season. There was no sign of either the wood duck drake or the mallard hen with no tail feathers that I’ve been seeing all fall. We can hope that they both managed toContinue reading “Winter gives us a little taste…”