Tag Archives: wildlife

Wildlife on Parade

As Yogi Berra once famously averred, “You can observe a lot by watching.” The lower office parking lot, below the dam on the Falls River, is a splendid place to observe wildlife, even from your car. The other day, as I pulled in after lunch, I noticed a pair of Canada geese patrolling the far [...]

A Great Graceful Arrival

Spring hereabouts is no respecter of calendars, or human longing, or depleted woodpiles. But one glance across the millpond settles the question. Wading at the edge of the flinty gray water, backlit by moldering brown leaves, is a pure vision of hope. The Great Egret has returned.

Herons Captured by “Dam Cam”

Not to be upstaged by our resident American Egret, two new visitors have been hanging around this summer by our fishing hole.  These two elegant wading birds – a mother and an immature Black-crowned Night Heron – are shown below perched in trees overlooking the Centerbrook dam.  The photo above is the young one atop [...]

The Birds of Centerbrook

This post is about cormorants and kingfishers.  It is not a metaphorical rant by a disgruntled employee.  I am, in fact, more or less gruntled.  One of the appealing aspects of working here is the attractive campus and the concomitant avian activity about the Falls River, which bounds the offices of Centerbrook Architects. The first [...]