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I took a break from Estabrook Park today, and rode my bike down to Lakeshore State Park to join Donna’s Sunday morning birding group. There were plenty of Canada geese and mallards, but the first surprise was this gopher keeping an eye on me. I counted five hooded mergansers in various plumages. I think thisContinue reading “A visit to Lake Michigan”

It was an odd morning for me in Estabrook Park. The weather was about the same as the past few days, with plenty of clouds and mild temps, but the park was packed with runners for some big group run, so I wasn’t seeing much. Then I opted to walk around the east side ofContinue reading “A roller coaster of a morning…”

The skies look pretty clear, if hazy, now as I write this at my dining room table, but they were plenty grey earlier this morning when I ventured into Estabrook Park. The first big surprise came early when I spotted this majestic red-tailed hawk right on the lawn across the parkway from the soccer fields.Continue reading “Two surprises and even a minor miracle”

The dark skies over Estabrook Park continue today, but at least they didn’t leak on me this morning. The first bird I was able to get a picture of, by the soccer fields, is a Swainson’s thrush, very similar to the gray-cheeked thrush from yesterday, but with “a distinct buffy eyering,” and flying to aContinue reading “More September Surprises!”

It was another grey morning in Estabrook Park. At first, the sky overhead was clear, and there was just a tall cloud to the southeast blocking the sun, but then more clouds rolled in, and it even rained for a while. Good thing for big trees. Luckily, there were plenty of birds going about theirContinue reading “It was a dark and gloomy morning…”

The skies were dark and threatening over Estabrook Park this morning, but the temperature was mild, the wind was light, and the rain held off till nearly 10am, so I was able to sneak in and get a few pictures. The parade of warblers on their way to warmer climes continues, and here’s a northernContinue reading “Little critters…”

I hit the road to drive back from Ohio yesterday morning before the sun came up, so I had no time for pictures or posts, unfortunately. Today, however, I’m back home, and it was a picture-perfect morning in Estabrook Park. I spotted the trio of deer, a doe with her two young bucks, at theContinue reading “More fall migrants…”

I’m still in Xenia, Ohio, and I had a nice visit to Sol Arnovitz Park this morning, but the show starts earlier today so I didn’t have enough time for the light to come up, and I have no new pictures for you today. Instead, let me just leave you with couple of pictures fromContinue reading “A quick look back…”

I’m at the Greene County Expo Center, “located in beautiful Xenia, Ohio” for Cycle-Con, a trade show devoted to mostly recumbent bicycles and tricycles, to show off the UWM PantherTrike. Anyway, I had some time this morning between sunrise and the start of the show, so I stopped by the picturesque Shawnee Park in townContinue reading “Howdy from Xenia, Ohio!”

It’s another beautiful morning, but I’ve gotta pack up the car and drive down to Ohio for a trade show, and I don’t have time to visit Estabrook Park today. Instead, here are a few pictures from yesterday that I couldn’t squeeze in. The great blue herons must have had a good breeding season becauseContinue reading “Some potential last looks…”