POTD 2/28/23
February 28, 2023 - WINTER - After several days of above average temperatures, Winter returned - with freezing temps and plowable snow. Welc...
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POTD 2/27/23
February 27, 2023 - TOM FACE - In a bit of a lull in bird watching in our yard before the songbirds come back in Spring...a couple of Tom Tu...
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POTD 2/26/23
February 26, 2023 - FLAKEY - Evening Grosbeak takes a meal in the snow.
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POTD 2/25/23
February 25, 2023 - DIGGING DEEP - Tufted Titmouse leans into a small basket feeder to extract just the right seed.
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POTD 2/24/23
February 24, 2023 - CREEPER - Small and camouflaged, the Brown Creeper gets it's name from it's habit of climbing up trees, hugging the bark...
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POTD 2/23/23
February 23, 2023 - NUTHATCHES cling to the bark with their feet and can move in any direction, often hanging head down as this male White-b...
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POTD 2/22/23
February 22, 2023 - BE NICE - Evening Grosbeaks spar for position at the feeder. The Grosbeaks are flock birds, but they enforce a "pecking...
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POTD 2/21/23
February 21, 2023 - SPRING IT TO ME - Spring is so exciting for nature lovers....when the migrating birds pass through and the plants spring...
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POTD 2/20/23
February 20, 2023 - EARLY ARRIVALS? - Purple Finches showed up at the feeders. They are short distance migrants and these are the first we h...
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POTD 2/19/3
February 19, 2023 - HEY RED - One of our favorite birds - the confusingly named Red-Bellied Woodpecker - with his bright red head.
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POTD 2/18/23
February 18, 2023 - HIGH TAILIN' IT - I've always been interested in the origin of folksy sayings....and I think the little deer leaving our...
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POTD 2/17/23
February 17, 2023 - THINKING SPRING - We've had unusually warm weather in New Hampshire this week and the blooming Hyacinth bulbs (we forced...
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POTD 2/16/23
February 16, 2023 - BUBBLES IN THE BROOK - Between seasons at the beaver pond...still frozen, so the wildlife is scarce. I'm always watching...
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POTD 2/15/23
February 15, 2023 - BEAVER POND IN BLUE - Afternoon shadows on the beaver pond. Blue skies and blue shadows.
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POTD 2/14/23
February 14, 2023 - CREEPY - Brown Creeper works the trunk of a maple tree. Creepers - hard to see and hard to photograph - are Vic's favori...
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POTD 2/13/22
February 13, 2023 - BRING YOUR FRIENDS - We have been enjoying sightings of a cute, small deer in the yard - so it was nice to see others jo...
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POTD 2/12/23
February 12, 2023 - PUDDLE PATTERN - I'm drawn to patterns in nature...like patterns in a puddle. Natural art is the best.
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POTD 2/11/23
February 11, 2023 - SKY HIGH - Clouds and big wind for the weekend.
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POTD 2/10/23
February 10, 2023 - HELP YOURSELF - Young deer strips the last of the leaves from a Rhododendron in our yard. Persistent snow cover has fore...
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POTD 2/9/23
February 09, 2023 - BLUE SKY BIRCH - It's great to have a winter blue sky day...and always a good idea to look up on the way back from the b...
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POTD 2/8/23
February 08, 2023 - IMITATION HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY - Male Downy Woodpecker...looks like a mini-me of the larger Hairy Woodpecker. Recent...
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POTD 2/7/23
February 07, 2023 - MY DEER - Young deer interrupted scrounging for spilled bird seed under the feeders. Very cold temperatures and lingerin...
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POTD 2/6/23
February 06, 2023 - JEEPERS CREEPER - Brown Creeper works along the trunk of a maple tree. Audubon field guide says the Creeper "looks like...
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POTD 2/5/23
February 05, 2023 - PUFFY - Black Capped Chickadee puffed up against the record cold temperatures in New Hampshire. Birds puff their feather...
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POTD 2/4/23
February 04, 2023 - BLOOMING COLD - With "once in a generation" record-low wind chill outside...the Christmas Cactus bloom in the greenhouse...
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POTD 2/3/23
February 03, 2023 - QUIET BEFORE THE COLD - Not much happening on the hill as we (and the wildlife) prepare for double-digit below zero wind...
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POTD 2/2/23
February 02, 2023 - SQUIRRELS ALLOWED - Cute Red Squirrel gathering seeds under the bird feeders.
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