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While I’m on the road, here’s another treat we might expect this coming winter. Sure, we see hooded mergansers from time to time, but we don’t often get to see them parked on the ice.

Welp, I already tipped my had last evening when I accidentally sent out “Travel Day 9” ahead of schedule. Anyway, as you have probably surmised by now, Anne and I are on the road again, and I’ve got my camera with me, but I don’t expect to have sufficient internet for a while, so I’veContinue reading “Travel Day Number 1”

If we get lucky, we might even get to see a gadwall drake again

Holy Mackerel! What a morning. There were a few clouds messing with my light now and then, but the good weather is mostly holding. The huge news, however, is that Estabrook Park has been swamped by new birds since yesterday morning. Right off the bat, there were dozens of dark-eyed juncos frantically foraging in theContinue reading “The birds go crazy in Estabrook Park!”

Well, it was great while it lasted, but the beautiful weather has drifted east, and we were greeted by clouds and a breeze in Estabrook Park this morning. As I made my way north along the path, I could hear a couple of chipmunks calling, but one sounded pretty close, so I took a look,Continue reading “A mix without rhyme nor reason…”

The beautiful weather continues, and it was another glorious morning in Estabrook Park. The first surprise came at the pond where I didn’t find a single wood duck for the first time since I don’t know when. Instead, I found about a dozen on the river around the northern island, and here are two hensContinue reading “Summer in October!”

The weather was just perfect in Estabrook Park again this morning. The skies were so clear that there was already enough light a full 20 minutes before sunrise for me to head out, and I was treated to the waning moon high in the west and still looking pretty close to full, plus Jupiter justContinue reading “October keeps the show going…”

Welp, I finally did it. After passing on the roseate spoonbill in Green Bay and the pink flamingos in Port Washington, I succumbed to exotic bird fever this morning and rode my bicycle up to Kletzsch Park to look for a limpkin (Aramus guarauna) that was reported there just yesterday. Their usual natural range justContinue reading “An October Surprise!”

It was an absolutely gorgeous morning in Estabrook Park, at long last, with blue skies, a warm sun, mild temps, and calm winds. Despite my exuberance, however, it was pretty quiet in the park. I counted 15 wood ducks, 5 on the pond and 10 on the river, but the most photogenic ducks in theContinue reading “The weather finally breaks our way…”

The weather is finally improving, but it was still pretty cloudy in Estabrook Park this morning. At least the clouds weren’t leaking today. I counted five wood ducks on the pond, but no herons, and the prettiest sight was this female northern cardinal sipping from a puddle on the path. At the river, my wayContinue reading “See ’em while they’re here!”