POTD 9/30/22

September 30, 2022 - IT'S A START - A few trees along the edge of the beaver pond are making the start of fall foliage season in New Hampshir...
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POTD 9/29/22

September 29, 2022 - TAG, YOU'RE IT - We watched a Monarch tagging process in Indiana during our recent visit. They caught, tagged and releas...
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POTD 9/28/22

September 28, 2022 - GETTING THE EAGLE EYE - We just got home from a trip to my hometown, where we witnessed the release of a young Bald Eagl...
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POTD 9/27/22

September 27, 2022 - FLICKER - By excavating nesting cavities in large dead trees, Northern Flickers provide future nest sites for many other...
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POTD 9/26/22

September 26, 2022 - HERE WE GO - The first of the Fall leaf color is upon us in New Hampshire.
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POTD 9/25/22

September 25, 2022 - JAYBIRD - Blue Jay drinks from a tree limb scar. When theories of protective coloration were first being debated around...
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POTD 9/24/22

September 24, 2022 - PICKY EATER - White-Breasted Nuthatch grabs a sunflower seed at the feeder before flying into a tree with it. They wedge...
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POTD 9/23/22

September 23, 2022 - HERE'S HOW WE FEEL ABOUT FALL WEATHER - Plenty of room on the beach to express yourself...and we LOVE Fall in New Englan...
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POTD 9/22/22

September 22, 2022 - DELIGHTED - New have been delighted to have a family of Cardinals in our yard this year. Brightly colored and quite voca...
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POTD 9/21/22

September 21, 2022 - LINGERING - Still seeing Monarch Butterflies hanging around the last flowers in the garden. Monarchs will be heading sou...
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POTD 9/20/22

September 20, 2022 - CUTE LITTLE DEVILS - We were overrun with Chipmunks this year...so many that they caused a nuisance - getting into thing...
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POTD 9/19/22

September 19, 2022 - FEATHER WEATHER - A Turkey feather left behind in the yard as several young Turkeys are checking for spilled food under...
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POTD 9/18/22

September 18, 2022 - PASSING THROUGH? - After several days of seeing NO hummingbirds...this female showed up, attracted to decidedly Fall Mum...
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POTD 9/17/22

September 17, 2022 - BIG WOODY - Male Pileated Woodpecker visiting the yard after ripe cherries. We hear the big woodpeckers more than we see...
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POTD 9/16/22

September 16, 2022 - ALL IN THE FAMILY - We have enjoyed watching a family of Cardinals in our yard this year. The young birds still have the...
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POTD 9/15/22

September 15, 2022 - LAST OF THE SEASON - After days of seeing NO Monarch butterflies - we spotted this perfect male in the garden today. Mos...
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POD 9/14/22

September 14, 2022 - OCEANFRONT SKY - Quick trip to the coast where a cloudy sky decorated the post-Labor Day empty beach..
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POTD 9/13/22

September 13, 2022 - IT'S A STRETCH - A Goldfinch stretches to reach something on the bottom of the branch.
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POTD 9/12/22

September 12, 2022 - MAY HAVE SEEN THE LAST OF - Caught this female Hummingbird on a Clethra bloom yesterday. Have not seen a Hummer since...
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POTD 9/11/22

September 11, 2022 - I USED TO FLY TO NEW YORK CITY OFTEN back when I was working for Scitex calling on the New York Times, Wall Street Journ...
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POTD 9/10/22

September 10, 2022 - LOOK MOM, NO HANDS - A Painted Turtle balances on the top of a rock on Mill Pond. Its' top spot position did not last lo...
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POTD 9/9/22

September 09, 2022 - OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB - Spider webs on the beaver pond in the early morning.
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POTD 9/8/22

September 08, 2022 - EVERY LAST BITE - A Monarch butterfly on an almost gone Zinnia blossom. Late Summer Monarchs are the ones that migrate t...
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POTD 9/7/22

September 07, 2022 - WET FLICKER - Rain in New Hampshire brought this male Northern Flicker to the yard. Sibley calls the Flicker the most un...
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POTD 9/6/22

September 06, 2022 - BUSY DAD - A pair of newly fledged Goldfinches gang up on dad to be fed. After young Goldfinches fledge, the adult males...
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POTD 9/5/22

September 05, 2022 - READY FOR TAKEOFF - Milkweed fruits (pods), when mature, split lengthwise releasing seeds. Each seed is attached to fluf...
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POTD 9/4/22

September 04, 2022 - YOUNG CARDINALS - Feathers on juvenile Cardinals are often relatively flimsy, having been grown quickly as part of the s...
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POTD 9/3/22

September 03, 2022 - END OF THE GARDEN - A Silver-Bordered Fritillary takes advantage of one of the last Zinnia blossoms in the garden.
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POTD 9/2/22

September 02, 2022 - AHHHHH - Finally enough rain to wet the Morning Glory blossom. Nothing better today!
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POTD 9/1/22

September 01, 2022 - MONARCH COLORS - The Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis changed colors today. We will be watching it tomorrow to see the Monarc...
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