POTD 1/31/25

January 31, 2025 - PERCHY - A turkey hen takes advantage of a low roost to get out of deep snow with the flakes still flying.
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POTD 1/30/25

January 30, 2025 - MS. CARDINAL - Female Cardinal in the snow.
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POTD 1/29/25

January 29, 2025 - HURRY SUNDOWN - Colorful sunset in the front yard. Since the Winter Solstice the sun sets later each day - even if it is...
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POTD 1/28/25

January 28, 2025 - WINTER PATTERNS - Hoar frost and bubbles in the brook worth slowing down to look at closely.
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POTD 1/27/25

January 27, 2025 - HOT SPOT - A Titmouse hangs at the heated bird bath...the hot spot on a very cold day.
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POTD 1/26/25

January 26, 2025 - SEND THAT SNOW SOMEWHERE ELSE - Snow being relocated from a farm store parking lot. The scene expresses the feelings of...
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POTD 1/25/25

January 25, 2025 - TOPSY TURVY - White-breasted Nuthatch hangs upside down on an overhang. Nuthatches cling to bark with their sharp, long...
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POTD 1/24/25

January 24, 2025 - BEAVER POND SHADOWS - afternoon shadows paint the snow-covered beaver pond.
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POTD 1/23/25

January 23, 2025 - LAST DRIPS FOR A WHILE - Icicles drip in the sun Tuesday - but very cold temperatures came along to insure no more drops...
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POTD 1/22/25

January 22, 2025 - FIRST LADY - The male Cardinal with it's bright red color gets al ot the attention, but the female Cardinal is pretty fl...
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POTD 1/21/25

January 21, 2025 - SOCK IT TO ME - A male Downy Woodpecker hits the Finch feed sock in the yard. The woodpeckers usually go for the suet -...
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POTD 1/20/25

January 20, 2025 - STORM ROLLING IN - The beginning of a snow storm rolling in over Monadnock Mountain Sunday.
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POTD 1/19/25

January 19, 2025 - SAME STUFF, DIFFERENT DAY - There is something monotonous about winter...Ice and snow with not much wildlife moving arou...
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POTD 1/18/25

January 18, 2025 - TRACKS - I'm much better at animal ID when I can get a photo of it - but I think these are coyote tracks on the frozen,...
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POTD 1/17/25

January 17, 2025 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY A.J. FOYT - Legendary racing driver A.J. Foyt had his 90th Birthday yesterday. I photographed Foyt at the...
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POTD 1/16/25

January 16, 2025 - ODD ICE - Tiny ice spikes all around large air bubbles in the ice on the beaver pond. Google suggested that the spikes a...
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POTD 1/15/25

January 15, 2025 - TODAY A JAY - Blue Jay at the heated bird bath.
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POTD 1/14/25

January 14, 2025 - WINTER DECORATIONS - Birdhouses in the garden frosted with snow.
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POTD 1/13/25

January 13, 2025 - HANGING OFF - An ice rim droops off the bird feeder baffle when warmer weather came after cold, icy weather.
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POTD 1/12/25

January 12, 2025 - TRUE COLORS - A dusting of snow brings out the colors in this turkey in our yard.
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POTD 1/11/25

January 11, 2025 - FROZEN - Thick ice on the beaver pond. Everyone that lives there is safe under the ice.
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POTD 1/10/25

January 10, 2025 - ICE LACE - Back to cold temps that brought the ice lace back to the brook from the beaver pond.
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POTD 1/9/25

January 09, 2025 - HANGING IN THERE - An Amaryllis bloom from Christmas is hanging in there into the New Year.
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POTD 1/8/25

January 08, 2025 - PECKING - A young female Red-bellied Woodpecker pecks on the patio. We usually see the woodpeckers on a suet feeder or w...
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POTD 1/7/25

January 07, 2025 - BACK TO ICE - It got cold again - so we are back to frilly ice on the brook from the beaver pond.
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POTD 1/6/25

January 06, 2025 - NOT A HOT TUB, BUT - Below freezing temperatures - the Chickadee was thanking us for the heated bird bath.
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POTD 1/5/25

January 05, 2025 - ARTY ICE - Not much happening at the beaver pond when it is frozen over. Bubbles in the puddles make arty ice.
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POTD 1/4/25

January 04, 2025 - CHILLIN' - Bennie the cat knows how to relax in his new cat cocoon. We should all be so chill!
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POTD 1/3/25

January 03, 2025 - NEW YEAR OVER THE MOUNTAIN - Monadnock Mountain in Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
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POTD 1/2/25

January 02, 2025 - JANUARY THAW - A warm spell melted the snow and got the brook from the beaver pond going good.
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POTD 1/1/25

January 01, 2025 - HAPPY NEW YEAR! - I hate to start off 2025 with such a gloomy scene of the beaver pond...but we know it's not always sun...
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