POTD 11/30/25
November 30, 2025 - GEESE ON THE POND - We were tempted to call this group of geese a gaggle - but the AI result of a Google search revealed...
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POTD 11/29/25
November 29, 2025 - DODGING FLAKES - A Chickadee takes advantage of the feeder with a roof as snow flakes fly.
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POTD 11/28/25
November 28, 2025 - HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING - I took a day off from chasing wildlife to celebrate Thanksgiving. To appreciate our good fortune a...
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POTD 11/27/25
November 27, 2025 - OPEN WATER - A male Cardinal at the bird bath. Now that it is freezing at night, we have a bird bath with a thermostat t...
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POTD 11/26/25
November 26, 2025 - EARTHSHINE - When the moon seen from Earth is a thin crescent, Earth viewed from the moon is almost fully lit. The dark...
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POTD 11/25/25
November 25, 2025 - SQUIRRELY FLAKES - An Eastern Gray Squirrel forages under a bird feeder during an early winter snow squall.
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POTD 11/24/25
November 24, 2025 - FINALLY, THE REWARD - A Chickadee comes up with a sunflower kernel after selecting it from the feeder, taking it to a br...
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In case you didn't get the invitation to POTD 11/22/25
November 22, 2025 - SIZE ADVANTAGE - A Dark-eyed Junco is dwarfed by the Nuthatch that stole its seed. Juncos are ground feeders - spending...
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POTD 11/20/25
November 20, 2025 - CHICKADEE CHOMPS spruce seeds. It is quiet at the bird feeders and at the beaver pond this time of year. Lots of little...
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POTD 11/19/25
November 19, 2025 - RED HEADED STRANGER is actually a male Red- bellied Woodpecker - even with his bright red head. We don't have Red-headed...
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POTD 11/18/25
November 18, 2025 - FIRST ICE - Cold enough for ice on the brook from the beaver pond. I'm calling winter is here!
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POTD 11/17/25
November 17, 2025 - JUST A TRICKLE - The brook from the beaver pond is down to a trickle.
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POTD 11/16/25
November 16, 2025 - FALL HAS FELL at the beaver pond. The color is gone from the mountainside and the water level is as low as we have seen...
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POTD 11/15/25
November 15, 2025 - SPOTTED A CORMORANT - Not many diving ducks around this time of year - and I had to wait for the Double-crested Cormoran...
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POTD 11/14/25
November 14, 2025 - HAWK EYE - When our TV streaming service mysteriously played the final episode of M.A.S.H. last night - it was appropria...
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POTD 11/13/25
November 13, 2025 - SOONER OR LATER - It was going to snow, even though the Turkey had a surprised look - sooner or later it was going to sn...
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POTD 11/12/25
November 12, 2025 - OH DEER - A young White-tailed Deer on the edge of the yard. This young one looks to be turning from its summer reddish-...
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POTD 11/11/25
November 11, 2025 - RAINY DAY HAIR - A Blackbird shakes it off in the rain from a high perch. After several days of beautiful Fall weather -...
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POTD 11/10/25
November 10, 2025 - CARDINAL VIEW - A male Cardinal at the bird bath.
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POTD 11/9/25
November 09, 2025 - STILL LOW WATER - We got some rain in southern New Hampshire - but the water level in the beaver pond is still really lo...
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POTD 11/8/25
November 08, 2025 - WE'RE DOWN WITH THAT - A male Downy Woodpecker at the suet feeder. Downy Woodpeckers look like smaller versions of the l...
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POTD 11/7/25
November 07, 2025 - MORE BEAVER MOON - It was cloudy Wednesday night for the last full moon of Fall - the Beaver Moon.
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POTD 11/6/25
November 06, 2025 - BEAVER MOON - The last full moon of Fall - the Beaver Moon - is the biggest, brightest Supermoon of 2025.
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POTD 11/5/25
November 05, 2025 - IT'S NOT ALWAYS SUNNY at the beaver pond. Dark clouds over what's left of the color on New Ipswich Mountain.
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POTD 11/4/25
November 04, 2025 - FAVORITE FRUIT - A Hairy Woodpecker enjoying oranges in a suet holder. We have learned that all of the woodpeckers that...
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POTD 11/3/25
November 03, 2025 - CHUNKY JUNCO - Looking like it showed up in it's winter coat - a Dark-eyed Junco scrounges on the patio. Juncos are nick...
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POTD 11/2/25
November 02, 2025 - GOING PASTEL - Mount New Ipswich on the Wapack Range is going pastel for Fall. As Oak and Beech tree leaves still shine...
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POTD 11/1/25
November 01, 2025 - RED YEAR-ROUND - A male Cardinal on the patio. Many of the birds in our yard and at our feeders are migratory and change...
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