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You know what happens when you let a spigot run for a couple of days? You get a boatload of whatever was coming out, and that’s what we’ve got in Estabrook Park right now, a boatload of new birds. I tried to count them all this morning, but I’m sure I missed some, and hereContinue reading “The birds continue to pour in…”

Sure, its a wet and dreary morning in May, but at least it’s not April. Am I right? Anyway, temps were in the 50s and there was a nice gap in the rain from about 8 till 11, so I popped over to Estabrook Park to see who might be out and about. It wasContinue reading “A couple more new faces…”

Holy moly! The spigot has opened, and Estabrook Park is awash in new arrivals. Happily for them, the air was also full of flying insects this morning, and it felt like I was trailing a column of smoke as I walked across the soccer fields. Let’s start at the pond, where there were two greenContinue reading “They’re here…”

Thanks to a high-pressure system parked nearby, the weather in Estabrook Park just keeps getting better. More importantly, the trickle of warblers we’ve seen over the past few weeks is turning into enough of a torrent that even I can find some of them. As I was walking along the top of the bluff onContinue reading “Yay! More May!”

At long last, May has arrived, and it was a picture-perfect morning in Estabrook Park. Better yet, the birds seemed to be as happy about it as I was. As I was walking north along the river towards the pond, I spotted this darling female northern flicker peeking out of her nesting cavity, and …Continue reading “May Finally Arrives!”

It’s the 32nd day of April, at least according to the weather, and I can only hope that once April makes up for that warm spell we enjoyed about 3 weeks ago, it will let May assume office, and we can commence with spring.  Anyway, we had a nice surprise visitor in Estabrook this morning.Continue reading “April refuses to concede…”

The weather today is a nice summary of the weather we’ve had all month. Except for that glorious second week from the 10th through the 14th, it has been consistently, if not relentlessly, cool and rainy. Since we haven’t seen anybody new at Estabrook Park in a while, and even Charles Hagner has begun toContinue reading “April stays true to form…”

I tried switching things up in Estabrook Park this morning, and I rode my bicycle to the north end to start my visit there. I’m thrilled to report that it gave me the chance to spend some quality time with our old friend, the beaver, enjoying its breakfast at the edge of the southern island.Continue reading “Breakfast for everyone…”

The weather has been nice enough, if a little cool, in Estabrook Park lately, but I’ve struggled to capture pictures of pretty or interesting things, and after two days, here’s what I’ve managed to scrape together. The four goslings on the pond continue to thrive, and here’s one looking our way for a second betweenContinue reading “Olio…”

It was cold, dark, and rainy at “sunrise” this morning, so I waited a bit until it was only cold and dark, and then I went out to see who I could see. The first to come a long were the mom and yearling white-tailed deer, and here’s mom acting again like she’s just samplingContinue reading “Oh, sure. It’s sunny now…”