It’s a rainy morning in Estabrook Park, Campers, and you know what that means. That’s right, it’s time to hit the arts and crafts pavilion, and pity the fools who signed up for waterfront today. Anyway, before we head over, there was a short gap in the precipitation soon after sunrise, and I snuck outContinue reading “Time again for some “deep cuts”…”
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Plenty of early summer scenes…
Since it’s just more of the same today, I’ll skip the weather report and get right to the fun. The treats started early this morning when I spotted the wood duck with nine ducklings, on the riverbank just down the bluff from the middle playground. Here she is with three of them as they doContinue reading “Plenty of early summer scenes…”
Wowed in Estabrook some more…
As we all had hoped, it was a gorgeous morning for our weekly wildlife walk in Estabrook Park, and we had five early birds for the 7 am service. The pond was quiet again, but a great blue heron was fishing at the falls as we went down the stairs by the beer garden. ItContinue reading “Wowed in Estabrook some more…”
Retzer Nature Center!
We traded in the clear sky for calm air, but it was still another very nice morning in Estabrook Park, and the big surprise today was finding these three handsome amigos on the exposed river bottom, right beside the upstream island where I spotted the doe and fawn yesterday. I believe that I did alsoContinue reading “Retzer Nature Center!”
Wowed in Estabrook Park again…
It was an epic morning in Estabrook Park. The weather was nearly perfect, with clear blue skies, nice cool temps, and just a bit of a breeze; and the critters simply wowed me. The lack of clouds got me out nice and early, so by the time I reached the pond, the goslings were stillContinue reading “Wowed in Estabrook Park again…”
Nature found a way…
Long-time readers may recall that back in mid-April, the wettest April on record for Milwaukee, we had so much rain over one night that the island in the pond was under water by morning, the goose was off her nest, and her eggs were floating. I saw both geese hanging around for a while, andContinue reading “Nature found a way…”
Still new things to see…
The cool and cloudy weather continued this morning in Estabrook Park, but we traded the rain in for a breeze, and now the sun is out. Nice. Our first guest of the morning is this exquisite male indigo bunting beside the river at the north end, who appears to be wondering what kind of weirdContinue reading “Still new things to see…”
Back in E.P. again, plus a few more sights from Vacationland…
Sorry about skipping yesterday’s post, but Bob kept me out taking pictures until it was time to go to the airport, 😉, I didn’t get home from Maine until around 11 pm, and I went straight to bed at that point. The good news is that I made it home safely, the not-so-great news isContinue reading “Back in E.P. again, plus a few more sights from Vacationland…”
A little less wet, and a little less birdy…
It was another dark and wet morning in Estabrook Park, but not as wet as yesterday. I didn’t see as much wildlife, however, and I didn’t get my first picture until I was on my way downstream and already below the falls, where I found this green heron fishing on the far riverbank. As IContinue reading “A little less wet, and a little less birdy…”
Rained on, but not washed out…
The weather in Estabrook Park this morning was wetter than I expected, and we had no visitors for our weekly wildlife walk, but that’s probably because everyone else had the good sense to check the current radar before they headed out. Luckily, it wasn’t all rain all the time, and I was able to takeContinue reading “Rained on, but not washed out…”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 