POTD 6/30/24
June 30, 2024 - OH BABY - A fledgling Chipping Sparrow follows it's mom around the patio to be fed. Early Summer is the time for baby bi...
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POTD 6/29/24
June 29, 2024 - DAMSELFLY LOVE - A pair of Ebony Jewelwing damselflies mating. Ebony Jewelwings are a species of broadwing damselfly. Th...
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POTD 6/28/24
June 28, 2024 - IT'S A BEAVER POND - The resident beaver pond beavers came out to remind me that it IS a beaver pond, after all.
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POTD 6/27/24
June 27, 2024 - FAMILY OUTING - Fledgling Red-bellied Woodpecker (left) waits patiently for adults, male (lower right) and female at the...
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POTD 6/26/24
June 26, 2024 - DEFENSIVE POSTURE - A Heron chick stretches out to mimic it's surroundings. According to David Sibley, in birds of the A...
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POTD 6/25/24
June 25, 2024 - PRIMROSE ON THE BEAVER POND - Swamp Candles blooms on the beaver pond. Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris) is in the P...
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POTD 6/23/24
June 23, 2024 - ON EDGE - The nest is getting pretty small with four growing Heron chicks still not ready to fledge...and Eagle sighting...
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POTD 6/22/24
June 22, 2024 - TRAINING WHEELS - An immature Robin follows an adult around the yard learning to hunt. The first batch of robin chicks h...
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POTD 6/21/24
June 21, 2024 - BABY BIRD-ATHON - A fully colored male Downy Woodpecker (left) is fed by a female adult. The woodpeckers are the first b...
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POTD 6/20/24
June 20, 2024 - ME AND MY SHADOW - A Baltimore Checkerspot (I think;-) checks out it's shadow on the greenhouse glass.
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POTD 6/19/24
June 19, 2024 - GOOD DAD - Male Red-bellied Woodpecker feeds a fledgling. Woodpeckers fledge at about 25 days after hatching and Red-bel...
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POTD 6/18/24
June 18, 2024 - TOUCHING CARDINAL HABIT - In the breeding season it is common to see a male Cardinal feeding an adult female. The males...
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POTD 6/17/24
June 17, 2024 - PHOEBE FOOD - We watched Phoebes work on a nest and then saw their five babies...now we are watching diligent parents hu...
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POTD 6/16/24
June 16, 2024 - SEEING THE SAPSUCKER - A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker visits a familiar ash tree on the edge of the yard. Sapsuckers ge...
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POTD 6/14/24
June 14, 2024 - NO INTERNET IN THIS NEST - Heron Chicks look bored waiting in the nest to be fed.
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POTD 6/13/24
June 13, 2024 - BABY ME BIRD - Baby Phoebes wait to be fed in a nest in our carport.
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POTD 6/12/24
June 12, 2024 - LOTS OF SWALLOWTAILS - We have been seeing lots of Eastern Tiger Swallowtails this year. They are all over everything bl...
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POTD 6/11/24
June 11, 2024 - SCRATCH THAT ITCH - A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird gets at an itch. The male's iridescent red throat is only brightly...
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POTD 6/10/24
June 10, 2024 - SOAKED - Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the feeder in the rain.
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POTD 6/9/24
June 09, 2024 - HERON CHICK UPDATE - The Heron chicks are big enough to stay in the nest alone while the adults hunt. So far, no eagles...
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POTD 6/8/24
June 08, 2024 - BEACH DAY - Several Pine Siskins take to the bird bath on a hot, early Summer day in New Hampshire.
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POTD 6/7/24
June 07, 2024 - WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU! - Heron chicks perk up at the arrival of an adult with food. Once the chicks are big enough...
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POTD 6/6/24
June 06, 2024 - SMILE! - We have a small landscape pond with a solar waterfall which attracts frogs...and admit it, frog smiles are cont...
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POTD 6/5/24
June 05, 2024 - PINE SISKIN - A Pine Siskin on a spent Azalea bloom. We have seen more Siskins this year than usual - probably due to av...
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POD 6/4/24
June 04, 2024 - FIRST IN LINE - A heron chick locks onto the feeding beak to be the first in line to be fed. The chicks are big enough t...
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POTD 6/3/24
June 03, 2024 - DEER BUDS - A young male deer, sporting sprouting antler buds, helps himself to new foliage on the Fringe tree in our ya...
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POTD 6/2/24
June 02, 2024 - PREHISTORIC - A huge turtle stretches out on a beaver lodge in the sun. Turtles are known to live long lives - potential...
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POTD 6/1/24
June 01, 2024 - SEE ME SHINE! - A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the feeder. Ruby-throated are the only Hummers we have in New Hampsh...
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