Awesome!
Have a great trip – looking forward to your reports and images.
Brilliant shots!
HA!! The Coop vs red squirrel pic is marvelous!! 😅 Safe travels!! >
Great photos today!!!
Beautiful shots, as usual, Andy! That Merlin looks like he might have taken a run at you if you came…
Great collection of photos, Andrew!
Beautiful shots.
Great shot of the Cuckoo!! 🎉 It was a stellar morning!! >
Drive carefully! – Tamar
Awesome place and great photos!
WOW!! Glad you’re back in Wisconsin & Estabrook. Such a treat to see your photos ❤️
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Carolyn, The 70s were wild, eh? In the early 80s, I had a green anole from Florida hitch a ride…
Ann, Yes, we saw migratory birds there: a Hudsonian whimbrel, a semipalmated plover, and about a dozen ruddy turnstones. I’ve…
Speaking of iguanas: when I lived in Philadelphia, around 1973, I had a rescue iguana. A schoolteacher had him/her in…
Andy – are there migratory birds on these islands? Or are the islands too far from any place else? I…
Brilliant photos! Well done.
Spectacular!
cool pic of the tropic bird…what a beautiful shape it has.
Fantastic portraits!
Oh my goodness, Andy – WOW!!! Looking forward to hearing about and seeing your pics from the “real” Galapagos (though…
Careful now. Not a lot of discernment whether or not it’s a drug boat. Good luck.
Brilliant shots!
I know, right? Just to be on the safe side, I am growing dense hair on my hind legs as…
It’s amazing that female sweat bees put up with male sweat bees at all. A lesson for us all.
Great shots! That dragonfly is stunning!
Interesting post. Great photos.
Wow Andy – you received quite the welcome back!! Hope to see you on Monday if you’ll be out on…
Great shots.
Thanks for the nice review. Glad you got back safely.
Jean, Thank you for your offer, but I was finally able to get through to the person in charge of…
Rebecca, That is my experience, too. The one I included in Monday’s post sure behaved that way, but Tuesday’s hawk…
A lovely photo of the red-tailed hawk. From my experience, they don’t usually sit still too long.
God Bless to you in your travels, and all my best wishes to your parents on their spectacular wedding anniversary.…
Have a safe and pleasant trip. -Tamar
HI Andrew, about the essential weed patch in Estabrook Park, what about contacting County Supervisor Sheldon Wasserman, who is the…
Talk about camouflaging skills for the moth!
sweetheart underwing moth (Catocala amatrix). ????? This was a “Where’s Waldo?” thing for me. Could not find the moth. Lois
Thank you so much for your emails. They are wonderful. I continue to be amazed
So grateful you’re sharing your wonderful vacation photos. Many thanks 😍
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What a wonderful collection of wildlife! The foggy sunrise set the perfect mood, and it was fascinating to see the…
Great cedar waxwing photo! We were at Kohler-Andrae at about the same time, and enjoyed watching the cedar waxwings in…
That Marsh Wren picture is wonderful!!! They are one of my faves. Lovely shots as usual, Andy! 🙌🏼 >
Hey Andy Here is a painting I did from a photo I took at Kohler Andrae a few years ago.…
BONUS!!! You got to see a Green Heron chick!! They are SO secretive so bully for you!!! 😄 Have a…
I will say that Kingfisher was very stately!!
I had to laugh – doesn’t it seem to take Great Blue Herons FOREVER to settle on swallowing their fish?…
Carolyn, You should see comments in two locations: 1. at the bottom of posts to which they are addressing, right…
Beautiful shots as usual, Andy – and that pic of the wood ducks all on one foot is the shot…
P.S. I never see comments other people have posted. How can I make this happen? Carolyn
Good to know! Thanks for responding. C.
Love your nature narratives. Great pictures too. FrankSent from my iPadOn Jul 23, 2026,
Marlin is indeed still on the planet with us and gave a nice introduction to his prairie.
Marlin (I believe he is still on the planet with us) was a good friend and colleague of my late…
Butterfly and bee are co-existing
Love the picture of the kingfisher and monarch butterfly!
Always enjoy your posts, Andy! Thank you for sharing such beautiful creatures and pictures with us! Joy >
What a treat! Another kingfisher picture. Made me smile! Stay cool tomorrow night at the picnic – supposed to be…
We enjoy your writing as well as pictures! We are admiring your persistence, consistence
Forever grateful for your photos and reference information. Look forward to them whenever you’re able to post.
Brilliant series.
I rarely comment but your blog is always amazing! Thank you. Svapna
Dear Andrew: Your daily messages about Life in Estabrook have become the reason I open my emails. My friend Laurie…
[…] day. Thanks to the twenty birders who made the ride out to Waukesha. Check out Andy’s post at Signs…
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!! 😍 AWEsome!!!
We were so excited to see Mom,Dad and the goslings when we drove through this afternoon- we turned around to…
Beautiful read and fantastic shots!
A meal of insects??? You first!
Yup. Nearly all the warblers are primarily insectivores, and insects can even be a meal for you, if you’d like.…
Love it! That pileated woodpecker video is amazing! What I’ve realized in seeing your many pictures is how inserts are…
Brilliant photos!
Thank you for all of the GREAT pics!!!
That Sociable Weavers nest is incredible. Very nice photo.
It’s a miracle: We have exactly the same right forefingerprint!
This sounds like one of those mornings where the birds completely outnumber the people.
Glad you made it home safely . Really enjoyed your African photos!!
Awesome photos.
Wonderful pictures, as always, and safe travels!
And you actually might want to spend more time there if you do miss the plane. Wonderful photos.
Excellent! Luck favors the prepared!
WOW!! What a find, and a stunning portrait to boot! Woohoo!
Wow! And it’s a beautifully posed picture, too!
Love that picture of the hippo! Hope you get to see more wildlife at Etosha today!
Great photos of the impala and giraffe!
WOW!! Looking forward to seeing photos from your safari!
Wow, super cool. And something I never even knew about. Thank you for sharing, Andrew. Jean G.
Just watched a video about Greater Prairie Chickens. Hope you get to see them!
HI Andrew, for whatever it’s worth, around noon on Wed. 4/22, when I was biking through Estabrook Park and stopped…
Great captures. 😉
It’s great to be back!
Thank you. Thank you love having you back.
Fantastic set of photos!
Super shot of the tree swallow coming in for a landing!! Always fun to see what you’ve seen.
please resubscribe me to the list. For some reason, I stopped getting the emails about a month ago. Thanks, Tom
Wow!
Amazing flycatcher shots!
Best of luck & Wear Your Helmets!! Thank you for the beautiful photos.
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Darwin Award, indeed. And: I’m interested in people’s take on un-naming birds for the ornithologists and naturalists they were originally…