POTD 2/28/25
February 28, 2025 - TIS' THE SEASON - PART II - Wild Tom Turkeys fight to establish dominance in the flock. We saw two Toms "neck wrestling"...
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POTD 2/27/25
February 27, 2025 - TIS' THE SEASON - Wild Turkeys in our yard are a constant source of amazement. No more so than in Spring, when the Tom T...
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POTD 2/26/25
February 26, 2025 - WINTER SKY - Something about this sky scene had us both singing the Mammas and The Papas 1967 song "California Dreamin".
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POTD 2/25/25
February 25, 2025 - EASY WALKING - The resident turkey flock has taken to the plowed driveway for easier walking than the deep snow in the w...
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POTD 2/24/25
February 24, 2025 - GOOD ORCHID WINDOW - We have a good window for orchids - and we love it when they bloom again.
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POTD 2/23/25
February 23, 2025 - BUNNY SIGHTING - We don't see many Bunnies in our woods - not sure why - so we were excited to see one in the patio gard...
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POTD 2/22/25
February 22, 2025 - DRINKIN' THE DRIPS - A Chickadee hangs on the side of the house to drink drips coming off the roof. A heated bird water...
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POTD 2/21/25
February 21, 2025 - FINALLY SOME DRIPS - After days of single digit temperatures - we finally got warm enough for the icicles to drip.
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POTD 2/20/25
February 20, 2025 - INCOMING - Turkey launching from a high perch in a wild cherry tree.
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POTD 2/19/25
February 19, 2025 - JAY DRINKING - A Blue Jay drinks at the bird bath in the snow.
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POTD 2/18/25
February 18, 2025 - HOWDY DOWNY - A male Downy Woodpecker visits a black oil sunflower feeder. Downy Woodpeckers are a lookalike of the larg...
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POTD 2/17/25
February 17, 2025 - BRIGHT SPOT ON A STORMY DAY - It snowed all day - so a male Cardinal was a welcome sight on a stormy day.
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POTD 2/16/25
February 16, 2025 - THAT KIND OF DAY - A Nasty storm is moving through New Hampshire today - just the kind of day to watch the weather out t...
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POTD 2/14/25
February 14, 2025 - STILL BLOOMIN' - More than 45 years ago my grandmother Dora Lynn gave us a Christmas Cactus plant. It still blooms relia...
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POTD 2/13/25
February 13, 2025 - FLYING TUKEYS PART II - Turkeys roosting in trees on the edge of the yard - and they launch out of the trees into the fr...
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POTD 2/12/25
February 12, 2025 - TREED TURKEY - A hen Turkey perched high in a maple tree. Despite their weight, wild turkeys are agile, fast fliers...in...
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POTD 2/11/25
February 11, 2025 - WINTER ON THE BEAVER POND - Frozen, snow-covered beaver pond on a stormy Super Bowl Sunday.
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POTD 2/10/25
February 10, 2025 - KNEE DEEP TO A TALL TURKEY - A Turkey hen wades through several inches of fluffy snow looking for bird seed under the fe...
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POTD 2/9/25
February 09, 2025 - EATING AND DRINKING - It's been cold with snow in New Hampshire recently - and pretty much the only thing happening in o...
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POTD 2/8/25
February 08, 2025 - MAKING IT IN WINTER PART II - A Dark-eyed Junco in the snow. Birds retain core body heat by fluffing out their feathers...
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POTD 2/7/25
February 07, 2025 - HOW DO THEY MAKE IT? - Black-capped Chickadee in blowing snow. I wondered how these tiny birds make it in really cold te...
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POTD 2/6/25
February 06, 2025 - RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - Red-breasted Nuthatches typically nest in the far north. In years when the number of Spruce and...
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POTD 2/5/25
February 05, 2025 - SHOWING OFF - A Turkey hen flaps her wings in front of a group including displaying male turkeys. Starting to be that ti...
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POTD 2/3/25
February 03, 2025 - DID YOU WONDER? - Below zero temperatures had the turkeys in our yard standing on one leg. I'd "Googled" it before and k...
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POTD 2/2/25
February 02, 2025 - WINTER WONDERLAND - Three inches of new snow coated everything turning the yard into a beautiful winter visual.
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POTD 2/1/25
February 01, 2025 - SNOWED - Guys delivering our new hot tub had to clear deep snow to get the tub to the back patio. Thankfully, it quit sn...
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