POTD 8/31/22
August 31, 2022 - HORNY - A huge Tomato Hornworm (actually two, look closely) chomps away at one of the few remaining tomatoes in our gard...
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POTD 8/30/22
August 30, 2022 - LATE SUMMER OFFSPRING - Immature Chipping Sparrow begs to be fed. Several smaller birds are feeding young now...even aft...
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POTD 8/29/22
August 29, 2022 - MOUNTAIN VIEW - We got up to the Wapack Trail with our friends today to see Monadnock Mountain. Always nice to catch the...
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POTD 8/28/22
August 28, 2022 - TERRITORIAL - Two female Hummingbirds jostle at the feeder. We are seeing fewer Hummingbirds - starting to think some of...
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POTD 8/27/22
August 27, 2022 - MORE CHERRY PICKIN' - Male Northern Flicker cleaning up the dwindling crop of cherries. Flickers favorite food is ants -...
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POTD 8/26/22
August 26, 2022 - ABOUT TO HEAD SOUTH - A Red-Eyed Vireo showed up in the yard yesterday. The Red-Eyed Vireos that spend summer in the U.S...
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POTD 8/25/22
August 25, 2022 - COME ON DAD! - Immature male Cardinal speaks out about something while "dad" seems to ignore him. When young Northern Ca...
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POTD 8/24/22
August 24, 2022 - TILL THE CHERRIES ARE GONE - Cedar Waxwing hanging in a dead Spruce tree. The Waxwings come every year when the fruit is...
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POTD 8/23/22
August 23, 2022 - PASTEL BREASTED GROSBEAK - An immature male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak is growing into the bright rose-colored bib he'll hav...
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POTD 8/22/22
August 22, 2022 - HUMMERS ARE CRAZY - We have had a late-Summer explosion of Hummingbirds at our feeders and garden flowers. Hummingbirds...
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POTD 8/21/22
August 21, 2022 - PASSING THROUGH - We spotted a Solitary Sandpiper along the edge of the beaver pond. They are migratory birds - spending...
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POTD 8/20/22
August 20, 2022 - EYE ON BUGS - A Barn Swallow watches from a perch over the beaver pond. Swallows fly low and fast over the surface of th...
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POTD 8/19/22
August 19, 2022 - MONARCH IN TRAINING - We'll be watching this Monarch butterfly chrysalis as it morphs into a butterfly. This is day 2, I...
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POTD 8/18/22
August 18, 2022 - SHOWIN' YOUR COLORS - A Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird flashes his name-sake ruby colors. The iridescent colors of the m...
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POTD 8/17/22
August 17, 2022 - FINCH FOOD - Male American Goldfinch munches a Catnip flower. Finches are fond of small seeds and have found the Catnip...
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POTD 8/16/22
August 16, 2022 - TOPPING OUT - A Monarch Butterfly caterpillar on the top of the Asclepias branch it has just chomped clean.
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POTD 8/15/22
August 15, 2022 - BIRD CHATTER - Male Cardinal singing up a storm. Several different "songs" even this late in the season, he is still try...
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POTD 8/14/22
August 14, 2022 - CHERRY PICKIN" - A Robin reaches for a cherry as the crop dwindles from the pressure of many fruit-eating birds.
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POTD 8/13/22
August 13, 2022 - BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Cedar Waxwings congregating in a dead spruce tree. They are here in numbers for the ripe cherries....
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POD 8/12/22
August 12, 2022 - BRING ON THE MONARCHS - We are seeing more Monarch caterpillars on our Asclepias every day.
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POTD 8/11/22
August 11, 2022 - HEY BEAVER - A beaver on the beaver pond...haven't seen much of him/them this year. Just a quick look and then he was go...
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POTD 8/10/22
August 10, 2022 - ANGRY BIRD? - A Cedar Waxwing shoots me what appears to be a nasty look from a bare branch in the cherry tree. Fruit-eat...
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POTD 8/9/22
August 09, 2022 - THE PITS - A female Scarlet Tanager pits a cherry with its tongue. Birds frequently swallow food whole and process it in...
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POTD 8/8/22
August 08, 2022 - I CAN REACH THAT - A male Scarlet Tanager preens in a cherry tree in our yard. Now that cherries are ripe, Tanagers, Wax...
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POTD 8/7/22
August 07, 2022 - OR KESTREL - We were surprised to see several American Kestrels hunting together from a wire over a hay field. We counte...
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POTD 8/6/22
August 06, 2022 - WITH THE CHERRIES - Cedar Waxwings are back in the yard now that the cherries are starting to ripen. Our yard is ringed...
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POTD 8/5/22
August 05, 2022 - OH JOY - A man gets a joy rush feeding gulls on the wing at Nubble Light on Cape Neddick, Maine. Visitors to the popular...
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POTD 8/4/22
August 04, 2022 - Not many birds at the feeders in late Summer, but the neighborhood pileated Woodpecker announced himself wth his familia...
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POTD 8/3/22
August 03, 2022 - INTO FLOWERS - There are enough blooms in the gardens for the Hummingbirds to frequent the flower beds. We are seeing fe...
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POTD 8/2/22
August 02, 2022 - LOOK BETWEEN THE LEAVES - A small Bullfrog rests between the lily pads on the beaver pond. This summer in New Hampshire,...
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POTD 8/1/22
August 01, 2022 - THE OTHER HUMMER - A Hummingbird Moth hovers over a Petunia blossom. A member of the Sphinx Moth Family, their hovering...
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