POTD 4/30/23
April 30, 2023 - ORANGE YOU GLAD - Female Red-bellied Woodpecker enjoying the oranges we put out in anticipation of Orioles returning in...
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POTD 4/29/23
April 29, 2023 - FIRST FOREST WILDFLOWER - A single Sessile Bellwort (also called Wild Oats) along the trail to the beaver pond - is the...
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POTD 4/28/23
April 28, 2023 - TOWHEE - Eastern Towhee kicking around in the leaf litter for insects.
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POTD 4/27/23
April 27, 2023 - JUST VISITING - An immature Heron comes in for a landing above an adult Heron sitting on the nest on the beaver pond. Yo...
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POTD 4/26/23
April 26, 2023 - TURTLE LOVE - A Painted Turtle basks in the sun on the beaver pond...another sign of Spring in New Hampshire.
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POTD 4/25/23
April 25, 2023 - KEEPING A LOW PROFILE - Canada Goose lays flat on her nest on a small pile of sticks on the beaver pond. Geese frequentl...
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POTD 4/24/23
April 24, 2023 - MORE BIRDS EVERY DAY - Our forest yard is alive with more bird species coming back every day. Cute White-throated Sparro...
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POTD 4/23/23
April 23, 2023 - REGAL EAGLE - We spotted an eagle on Mill Pond - near our house - and then noticed there were two eagles. This mature on...
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POTD 4/22/23
April 22, 2023 - FIRST BUTTERFLY - You know it is Spring when you see a butterfly...An American Lady butterfly - in the Bushroot Family....
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POTD 4/21/23
April 21, 2023 - WARBLER RETURN - Palm Warbler at the beaver pond. All wood warblers are highly migratory - with some individuals nesting...
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POTD 4/20/23
April 20, 2023 - 4/20 HAIRDO - A female Common Merganser displaying her crested rufous hairdo on Island Pond.
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POTD 4/19/23
April 19, 2023 - UNWELCOMING - Male Cardinal seems not to be very welcoming at the feeder. Chickadees are year-round at our house - and t...
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POTD 4/18/23
April 18, 2023 - GETTIN' SPRING COLORS ON - Male Goldfinch molting into bright yellow breeding colors. Goldfinches molt all their body fe...
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POTD 4/17/23
April 17, 2023 - OUT ON A LIMB - Herons are claiming nests on the beaver pond and perching on the edges when challenged for an occupied n...
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POTD 4/16/23
April 16, 2023 - DETERMINATION - Daffodils push through heavy leaf cover to bloom on the edge of our forest yard. Spring has a way of pus...
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POTD 4/15/23
April 15, 2023 - I'LL STICK MY NECK OUT ON THIS ONE - Heron postures above a nest it's claiming. Male Herons usually arrive first to clai...
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POTD 4/14/23
April 14, 2023 - COLOR TODAY IS RED - Emerging Maple buds and male Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker showing red on a bright Spring day in New Ham...
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POTD 4/13/23
April 13, 2023 - SPRING FLOWERS - Blooming Crocus are a bright patch of Spring.
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POTD 4/12/23
April 12, 2023 - THE MERGANSERS - Two male Common Mergansers, among a larger flock, on Island Pond. Mergansers are long-lined slender bod...
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POTD 4/11/23
April 11, 2023 - BAFFLED BEAR? - The Squirrel baffle would not stop the bear - but there were no feeders on the hook when the bear was ch...
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POTD 4/10/23
April 10, 2023 - EASTER DEER - The neighborhood deer showed up on the edge of the yard on Easter.
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POTD 4/9/23
April 09, 2023 - BEAR-LY SPRING - A young Black Bear comes sniffing into the yard...while we were in the hot tub;-)...looking for somethi...
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POTD 4/8/23
April 08, 2023 - DONE WITH THE ICE - A Canada Goose squawks about ice on the pond. The ice is finally receding on ponds and waterfowl are...
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POTD 4/7/23
April 07, 2023 - THEY ARE BACK - Of the five active Heron nests last season - only two of them survived. There are Herons staking their c...
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POTD 4/6/23
April 06, 2023 - ITTY BIT OF OPEN WATER - Great Blue Herons have returned to find most of the ponds still ice-covered. This Heron hunts i...
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POTD 4/5/23
April 05, 2023 - BUFFLES ARE BACK - A pair of Bufflehead ducks on Mill Pond - as Spring continues to sneak up on New Hampshire.
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POTD 4/4/23
April 04, 2023 - GOTTA LOOK MY BEST - Turkey hen shimmies off lots of trail dust in front Tom Turkey...just to look her best?;-)
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POTD 4/3/23
April 03, 2023 - OH DEER, IT'S FOGGY - Young deer checks me out as warm temperatures over the snow cover made for a foggy day.
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POTD 4/2/23
April 02, 2023 - SPRING COMES THROUGH - Daffodils emerge through a spot of melted snow as Spring comes in slowly in New Hampshire.
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POTD 4/1/23
April 01, 2023 - ROWDY GUESTS - A flock of Common Grackles has descended on the bird feeders in the yard. Grackles are large, strong and...
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