The skies have cleared up now, but they were pretty dark and cloudy this morning in Estabrook Park. The good news is that the clouds hardly leaked at all, and they rode into town on a warming trend, so it’s 40° now, and it was just below freezing at sunrise. Things got off to aContinue reading “The birds take a break…”
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Might be something in the water…
The weather this morning in Estabrook was as gorgeous as forecast, with seasonally cool temps, nearly still air, and crystal-clear skies. The mild conditions may have been responsible for the seeming sleepiness of the critters. The sleeping raccoon was not much of a surprise. They are mostly nocturnal, and it was probably the same animalContinue reading “Might be something in the water…”
Kohler-Andrae 2025, Day 2
A thick cloud deck rolled in sometime overnight, here at Kohler-Andrae State Park, so it was a pretty dark morning, and I gave the cordwalk through the Kohler Dunes State Natural Area a try. I hadn’t even stepped off the pavement yet when I spotted three wild turkeys, who did their best to ignore meContinue reading “Kohler-Andrae 2025, Day 2”