POTD 3/31/23
March 31, 2023 - LIP LICKING - Male Red Bellied Woodpecker after getting a drink. The woodpeckers are here year-round - and now have to c...
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POTD 3/30/23
March 30, 2023 - MORE SPRING EVERY DAY - Spotted a solitary Crocus on the edge of the yard. Seeing more signs of Spring in New Hampshire...
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POTD 3/29/23
March 29, 2023 - SINGIN' A SPRING SONG - A Robin speaks up about a spring-like day in New Hampshire.
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POTD 3/28/23
March 28, 2023 - TAKE A WALK - Inspired by an Opinion Essay in the New York Times titled Whatever the Problem, It's Probably Solved by Wa...
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POTD 3/27/23
March 27, 2023 - EARLY TO THE DANCE - A Great Blue Heron found some open water on Cranberry Bog in Peterborough. The beaver pond behind o...
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POTD 3/26/23
March 26, 2023 - DISPLAY DISADVANTAGE? - Two Tom Turkeys have been regular (daily) visitors in our yard - and we noticed right away that...
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POTD 3/25/23
March 25, 2023 - HOODIES BACK - Most of the area lakes and ponds are still ice covered, but the migrating waterfowl know it is "time" to...
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POTD 3/24/23
March 24, 2023 - SPRING THING - Seeing more signs of Spring every day and got a glimpse of the first Robin of the season yesterday. It wa...
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POTD 3/23/23
March 23, 2023 - MORE SPRING - Male Mallard showing Spring colors on the second day of Spring.
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POTD 3/22/23
March 22, 2023 - FIRST TURTLE SIGHTING - First day of Spring and I saw my first turtles of the year - this pair of Painted Turtles sunnin...
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POTD 3/21/23
March 21, 2023 - BIG BITE - Male Red Bellied Woodpecker getting a big bite at the suet feeder.
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POTD 3/20/23
March 20, 2023 - TWO GIRLS FOR EVERY BOY- This flock of all female Evening Grosbeaks reminded me of the 1963 Jan & Dean song "Surf City".
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POTD 3/19/23
March 19, 2023 - TOUGH DRIVEWAY - We love living on a mountain....most of the time. The 36" of early Spring snow we had this week was too...
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POTD 3/18/23
March 18, 2023 - ANOTHER CREEPER PHOTO - We've been digging out from over 30" of heavy, wet snow. Stuck on the mountain for another day..
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POTD 3/17/23
March 17, 2023 - NOT FIT FOR MAN NOR BEAST - A Redwing Blackbird in the snow. It was a nasty late winter snow that dumped 34" of heavy we...
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POTD 3/16/23
March 16, 2023 - ALMOST MISSED THIS ONE - We had a BIG NorEaster blow through...and the 34" of heavy wet snow was more than our plow and...
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POTD 3/15/23
March 15, 2023 - MORE NATURE THAN WE COULD HANDLE - 24" of heavy, wet snow was more than my plow truck could handle. My neighbor Keith wo...
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POTD 3/14/23
March 14, 2023 - OFFA' MY CLOUD - A couple of Evening Grosbeaks discourage a third from joining them on the feeder.
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POTD 3/13/23
March 13, 2023 - GRACKLES BACK - Migrating Common Grackles are back. The large, strong and aggressive birds sometimes have a bad reputati...
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POTD 3/12/23
March 12, 2023 - LIPSTICK SUNSET - A great John Hiatt song and apt description for the last night's sunset.
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POTD 3/11/23
March 11, 2023 - CREEPY, AGAIN - The small, camouflaged Brown Creeper is a regular visitor - but hard to spot and known for swiftly climb...
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POTD 3/10/23
March 10, 2023 - OH, DEER! - Deep, crusty snow is making it difficult for the deer. Three beautiful, young deer were hanging out on the e...
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POTD 3/9/23
March 09, 2023 - SQUIRREL CAGE - A cute Red Squirrel takes advantage of a cage seeder it can reach.
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POTD 3/8/23
March 08, 2023 - WARMLY - A Birch leaf putting off enough warmth to melt into the snow. Late winter has interesting weather situations...
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POTD 3/7/23
March 07, 2023 - MORE GROSBEAKS? - I try to have variety in my Picture of the Day selections - but it has been such an unusual year to ha...
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POTD 3/5/23
March 05, 2023 - WE GOT SNOWED - After 13" of heavy wet snow - the Tufted Titmouse out the window is todays' POTD. Whew! Glad to have the...
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POTD 3/4/23
March 04, 2023 - BIG BEAK - A large beak like a grosbeak's is designed for cracking large and hard seeds. The real key to being able to c...
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POTD 3/3/23
March 03, 2023 - FUNKY - It was funky today - and not the cool music kind of funky - more like the deep slush on the driveway funky with...
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POTD 3/2/23
March 02, 2023 - SCENIC MONADNOCK - Monadnock Mountain is the scenic backdrop in our area of southern New Hampshire.
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POTD 3/1/23
March 01, 2023 - WOODPECKER - Male Red-bellied Woodpecker works bark on maple tree.
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