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I did go to the park yesterday and even took a few pictures, but the rest of the day got away from me, and I never had time to send you a post. Then I went back again this morning, so now I have a lot of pictures to choose from, and there should beContinue reading “Something for everyone, I hope…”

We had an overnight guest and a train set that needed assembling, so I gave the park a rest this morning. Luckily, yesterday was so chock full that I’ve still got some pictures to show you. I didn’t see the young buck, and maybe I was just looking the other way when he snuck acrossContinue reading “Rehash Thursday…”

As if such fine weather on the longest day of the year wasn’t good news enough, I am happy to report that I have even better news, great news, outstanding news, and stupendous news, all from Estabrook Park! First, the better news, at least for photography, is that the haze was almost gone this morning,Continue reading “Happy Summer Solstice!”

It looks like the haze we’ve been enjoying for days is starting to fade, and some blue sky is returning to Estabrook Park. Things were quiet at the pond with no herons or kingfishers, that I could see, and the same four wood ducks as yesterday. On my hike back over to the river, IContinue reading “A nice slow day in June…”

Ebird, the website and phone app I use to log the birds I see, has recently changed the status of wood ducks to “infrequent”, but that must be for Milwaukee County or all of Wisconsin, ’cause they’re still plentiful in Estabrook Park, and I was greeted at the pond this morning by this trio. TheContinue reading “Yes, we still have wood ducks…”

Things were pretty quiet in Estabrook Park this morning. Perhaps everyone was laying low in anticipation of the Shorewood Farmers Market grand opening today, but who knows. At least this great blue heron was still willing to strike a pose over the river. I did manage to spot a female hairy woodpecker, whom I usedContinue reading “Ducklings stage a comeback…”

The sky was clear of clouds, but it was a bit hazy this morning, and I don’t know if it was moisture or Canada wildfire smoke. In any case, it didn’t seem to bother the critters, and here are the pair of deer, a young buck and doe, crossing the soccer fields with the BenjaminContinue reading “Taking a break from the ducklings…”

It feels like it still hasn’t gotten completely light out this morning, but I eventually gave up waiting for some sunshine and went out anyway. There are a lot of fledglings around begging for food, and I suspect that well describes this male flicker who oddly refused to budge and just kept squawking as IContinue reading “Making do with the light we have…”

It was quite dark and foggy this morning, so I took my sweet time with breakfast and the paper and strolled out the door around 7:30, and I was greeted by this tender scene when I arrived at the pond. As far as I can tell, that is one wood duck drake, pretty far intoContinue reading “Peace and Strife in Estabrook Park”

I didn’t have much time to visit Estabrook this morning, so this has gotta be a quick one. House sparrows are “the most widely distributed wild bird,” and there are probably some right outside your window now, but this handsome devil was picking grass seeds out of the loose soil around the new park benchContinue reading “Scenes at the pond…”