The recent freeze in Estabrook Park deepened this morning with temps in the single-digits, and windchills well below 0°F. The skies were clearer than yesterday, on the other hand, and I still don’t see a single cloud this afternoon, so conditions were good for some nice pictures today. Happily, some critters were willing to oblige.Continue reading “Toughing it out, each in their own way..”
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Making the best of what I got…
The cold continues to settle in, and the breeze is holding steady, so we had a wind-chill of a brisk 1°F this morning in Estabrook Park. Happily, the sun was out, at least for a while, so all that fresh ice floating down river looked nice and sparkly. The critters continue to be fairly fewContinue reading “Making the best of what I got…”
Winter resumes…
Temps were in the low 20s this morning in Estabrook Park, and a good breeze out of the west made them feel like the low teens. Better yet, the few clouds soon drifted away, and we had nice clear, blue skies for the first time since last year. The river was rapidly refreezing, and theContinue reading “Winter resumes…”
Happy New Year!
Now that we’ve started our next trip around the sun, it seems that winter has remembered what its job is. It was back below freezing this morning in Estabrook Park, and the ten-day forecast suggests we’re gonna stay there for a while. Woo hoo! It could be just a coincidence, but a common merganser henContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
The third time was indeed the charm…
Blue skies have finally returned to Estabrook Park, at least for today, and they brought some colder weather with them, at least for this morning. There was frost on the grass at sunrise, but temps reached 50°F this afternoon. We also had a great turnout for the last wildlife walk of the year, with 13Continue reading “The third time was indeed the charm…”
A surprise guest contribution…
The recent big warm-up continued this morning in Estabrook Park, and almost all the river ice has now melted. The critters continue to make themselves scarce, but I somehow managed to have a little better luck with pictures than I did yesterday. The American black duck has reappeared, or I’ve finally been able to spotContinue reading “A surprise guest contribution…”
Boxed in by thick fog…
Holy moly, was the fog thick this morning in Estabrook Park. I could barely see across the river at times. The breeze and road traffic were both light, on the other hand, so I could still hear the birds pretty well. Oddly, the critters I did manage to photograph today kept still and didn’t makeContinue reading “Boxed in by thick fog…”
It’s about time…
It was a beautiful morning in Estabrook Park. The air was nearly still and just below freezing, the snow on the ground managed to stick around, and the sky was mostly clear for the first time in days. Best of all, I had a few minutes to enjoy it all before today’s festivities got underway.Continue reading “It’s about time…”
The white stuff sticks around…
The dreary weather continues, but the lack of sun, and temps right around freezing, have left enough of the snow on the ground from Friday to let us have at least a white Christmas eve in Milwaukee. At this rate, it might even last until the big day tomorrow. Let me start at the northContinue reading “The white stuff sticks around…”
Short, and I hope just sweet enough…
It was plenty cloudy this morning, and just above freezing, but the precipitation held off, so we had a good day for our weekly wildlife walk in Estabrook Park. There were eight of us, all together, and we spotted or heard 26 bird species, including that now-confirmed American black duck from yesterday, and one muskrat.Continue reading “Short, and I hope just sweet enough…”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 