Lots of little migrators…

Oof! It’s been a day. You’ll be stunned to learn that I’m taking off again first thing tomorrow morning, so I had a ton of things to get done today, and I suspect that I haven’t adulted like this since before the pandemic. Anyway, I did get into Estabrook this morning, and the weather wasContinue reading “Lots of little migrators…”

A bit of Connecticut may have followed me home…

I hadn’t even reached the pond when the warbler show began in Estabrook Park this morning. There was a bit of black plastic on the grass just south of the middle parking lot, and as I reached down to collect it, I noticed a little movement in the hedge about 20 feet away. When IContinue reading “A bit of Connecticut may have followed me home…”

Back along the Milwaukee River again…

After the run of beautiful weather I had out east, it took me a minute to adjust to the rainy and breezy morning that greeted me here in Estabrook Park today. I also hadn’t needed insect repellent in two weeks, and I had a hope that some of you would have been feeding the mosquitoesContinue reading “Back along the Milwaukee River again…”

I finally make it back into Estabrook…

Despite being back in Milwaukee yesterday, I had one more stop to make before going back to Estabrook Park this morning. The Milwaukee Birders were visiting the Shorewood Nature Preserve yesterday morning, and I couldn’t really let them bird my back yard without saying “hi”, now could I? Plus, it gave me a chance toContinue reading “I finally make it back into Estabrook…”