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POTD 5/31/23
May 31, 2023 -
OFF TO WORK - Heron leaves the nest with its mate staying behind with the chick. Parent birds share babysitting duties a...
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POTD 5/29/23
May 29, 2023 -
BEAR WITH ME - Small Black Bear sneaking around the edge of the yard...looking for whatever it can sniff out.
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POTD 5/30/23
May 29, 2023 -
GOOSEY - A family of Canada Geese on Mill Pond...an annual sight.
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POTD 5/28/23
May 28, 2023 -
BUNCHES - Bunch Berry bloom on the trail to the beaver pond.
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POTD 5/27/23
May 27, 2023 -
I'M TALKING TO YOU - Adult Heron seems to be telling the chick what's up.
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POTD 5/26/23
May 26, 2023 -
STAR POWER - Eastern Starflower's (Trientalis borealis) tiny flowers, paired on thread-like stalks from star-shaped leaf...
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POTD 5/25/23
May 25, 2023 -
UP FOR SHARING? - A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers as ants raid the hummer feeder.
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POTD 5/24/23
May 24, 2023 -
OFF YOU GO - A Coltsfoot seed head releases a seed to the wind. Coltsfoot is among New England's earliest blooming wildf...
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POTD 5/23/23
May 23, 2023 -
NEW BIG BIRD IN TOWN - The Great Blue Herons have been nesting on the beaver pond for many years - and late May is the t...
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POTD 5/22/23
May 22, 2023 -
LADIES IN WAITING - A trio of Pink Lady's Slippers (also known as Pink Moccasin Flowers) emerge into bloom along the pat...
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POTD 5/21/23
May 21, 2023 -
NEW CHICK IN TOWN - A Heron chick, only a few days old, is big enough to be seen over the side of the nest. Hatching is...
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POTD 5/20/23
May 20, 2023 -
ON THE BLOOM - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Lilac bloom.
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POTD 5/19/23
May 19, 2023 -
SPOTTED - Spotted Sandpiper on the beaver pond. Not a regular - but we have seen Sandpipers on the beaver pond in past y...
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POTD 5/18/23
May 18, 2023 -
BABY'S BACK - Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched near the feeder. The males migrate back first - then the females...
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POTD 5/17/23
May 17, 2023 -
SAPSUCKER - Female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker looking for water in a tree limb scar.
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POTD 5/16/23
May 16, 2023 -
NEW LEAVES - Spring emerges in tiny new leaves on a Smoke Bush (Continus Coggygria). The billowy hairs that are attached...
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POTD 5/15/23
May 15, 2023 -
DIG IN - Robins, Grackles, Blue Jays and Turkeys ate most of the mealworms we had to attract Bluebirds before the Bluebi...
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POTD 5/14/23
May 14, 2023 -
ODD COUPLE - A pair of Purple Finches - the reddish colored male and the obviously not-purple female. Sexual dimorphism...
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POTD 5/13/23
May 13, 2023 -
WILD - Tiny blooms (Bluets) in the yard.
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POTD 5/12/23
May 12, 2023 -
HE'S BACK - After several days of glimpses of them - we are finally seeing the Hummingbirds visiting the feeders more of...
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POTD 5/11/23
May 11, 2023 -
KING OF THE POND - An Eastern Kingbird perched on a branch on the beaver pond. Kingbirds, in the Tyrant Flycatcher famil...
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POTD 5/10/23
May 10, 2023 -
ORIOLES RETURN - A pair or Baltimore Orioles is back again this year, lapping up the grape jelly. The male Orioles are S...
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POTD 5/9/23
May 09, 2023 -
EXCITED to see a Bluebird cleaning house in a birdhouse just off our patio. We have been putting out mealworms especiall...
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POTD 5/8/23
May 08, 2023 -
WE LOVE SPRING in the New Hampshire forest - as returning birds arrive very day. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks return on the s...
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POTD 5/7/23
May 07, 2023 -
BIG WOODPECKER - We have been waiting to see the Pileated Woodpeckers again this Spring - and both of them showed up to...
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POTD 5/6/23
May 06, 2023 -
READY FOR LOVE - Tom Turkey struts around the yard to impress his harem of hens. His persistence is amazing.
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POTD 5/5/23
May 05, 2023 -
GRAND OPENING - A Painted Trillium bloom starts to open along the path to the beaver pond on a rainy New Hampshire day....
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5/4/23
May 04, 2023 -
JUST LEAF IT HERE - Leaves are beginning to emerge on trees in southern New Hampshire. We love Spring in the forest.
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POTD 5/3/23
May 03, 2023 -
BATH DAY - A rainy day in New Hampshire was the perfect day for this Chipping Sparrow to bathe in a small bird bath on t...
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POTD 5/2/23
May 02, 2023 -
FEELING STUCK AND ALONE? - Adult Herons share incubation duties, so I don't know if this is a male or female Great Blue...
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POTD 5/1/23
May 01, 2023 -
FEATHER YOUR NEST - A Canada Goose plucks down feathers to line her nest on the beaver pond. I noticed her on a nest on...
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