POTD 1/31/22

January 31, 2022 - COOL DRINK - Chickadee drinks at the heated water bowl after the big Nor'easter snow storm. The birds are taking advanta...
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POTD 1/30/22

January 30, 2022 - GET A LEG UP - Turkey hen stands on one leg in the Saturday snow storm. Birds' legs have an adaptation called "rete mira...
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POTD 1/29/22

January 29, 2022 - FIRST FLAKES TO FLY - Blue Jay in the first snow flakes to fall in the big storm coming today.
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POTD 1/28/22

January 28, 2022 - TIT FOR THAT - Tufted Titmouse at the heated bird bath.
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POTD 1/27/21

January 27, 2022 - MS RED-BELLIED - Female Red-Bellied Woodpecker with suet on her bill. The birds are going for the fat-rich food with rea...
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POTD 1/26/22

January 26, 2022 - DUCKS? - We usually see ducks on the area ponds in Spring...so, surprised to see these ducks along what little open wate...
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POTD 1/25/22

January 25, 2022 - BLUE MOON - I love to see the moon in the daytime...even only half full.
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POTD 1/24/22

January 24, 2022 - WINTER POND - Quiet at the beaver pond when it is frozen after several days of below zero temperatures.
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POTD 1/23/22

January 23, 2022 - FROST STAR - Hoar Frost on the Brook. Hoarfrost is dew-drops deposited and frozen into ice crystals to form a white depo...
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POTD 1/22/22

January 22, 2022 - RED SKY IN MORNING - A red sunrise conjures the ancient adage of mariners relating to forecasting the weather. We don't...
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POTD 1/21/22

January 21, 2022 - TURKEY SHARK - Turkey hen with an errant feather on her back. We see turkeys with feathers askew pretty often from the j...
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POTD 1/20/22

January 20, 2022 - BIRD WATER - After a couple of photos of birds eating snow during really cold New Hampshire weather, several people sugg...
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POTD 1/19/22

January 19, 2022 - FEEDER ACROBATICS - A Bluejay needs some gymnastics to use the tube feeder.
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POTD 1/18/22

January 18, 2022 - HERE'S LOOKIN' AT YOU - Titmouse on a limb....the little birds are all over the feeders in the cold weather.
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POTD 1/17/22

January 17, 2022 - BRRRRR - A Chickadee eats snow from the bird bath. Birds will eat snow when they have to and the really cold weather in...
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POTD 1/16/22

January 16, 2022 - TREED TURKEY - The Turkeys were staying in the trees in the extremely cold weather in New Hampshire this weekend. Not su...
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POTD 1/15/22

January 15, 2022 - 'SCUZE ME? - A Nuthatch seems perturbed at being caught mid-groom during a preening session. Birds spend at least 10 per...
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POTD 1/14/22

January 14, 2022 - SNOWBIRD - Slate-colored Junco digs seeds from the snow. Juncos are mostly ground feeders, scratching around under bird...
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POTD 1/13/22

January 13, 2022 - SNOW CONE - A female Red-bellied Woodpecker eats collected snow on her favorite Maple tree. Although birds can eat snow,...
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POTD 1/12/22

January 12, 2022 - FROZEN - Single digit temperatures and wind chill below zero - the beaver pond frozen today.
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POT 1/11/22

January 11, 2022 - OK WINTER, YOU GOT MY ATTENTION - Bracing for the coldest temperatures of the year so far...icicles on the eaves are tel...
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POTD 1/10/22

January 10, 2022 - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - A reflection in a small opening in the ice on the pool below the beaver pond dam made me thi...
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POTD 1/9/22

January 09, 2022 - WINTER SHADOW SELFIE - Late day shadows across the frozen beaver pond.
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POTD 1/8/22

January 08, 2022 - TURKEY IN THE SNOW - An all-day snow event had the turkeys (and us) out in the snow Friday.
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POTD 1/7/22

January 07, 2022 - QUARTER MOON IN A TEN CENT TOWN - Borrowing from an Emmy Lou Harris lyric - not really a commentary on our town.;-) Just...
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POTD 1/6/22

January 06, 2022 - NUTHATCHES cling to the bark and can move in any direction, often hanging head down. This male White-breasted Nuthatch h...
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POTD 1/5/22

January 05, 2022 - FALLING WATER - A few days of warmer weather have the brook from the beaver pond running full speed.
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POTD 1/4/22

January 04, 2022 - FITTING SENDOFF - After several days of fog, we had a colorful sunset for a sendoff of 2021...bright skies for 2022!
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POTD 1/3/22

January 03, 2022 - 2022 IS COMING IN WARM AND WET - Our New Year's snowflakes are water drops on a Pine branch.
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POTD 1/2/22

January 02, 2022 - HERE'S TO A BRIGHT 2022 - A foggy New Year's Day to bring in 2022...here's to many full bloom days this year!
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POTD 1/1/22

January 01, 2022 - OH FOGGY NIGHT - With the year it has been...it is appropriate that 2021 goes out in a fog. Here's to 2022 bringing brig...
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