POTD 4/30/25
April 30, 2025 - BEE THERE FOR ME - A big Bee visits a Pachysandra bloom. The green ground cover plant is an early bloomer - which attrac...
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POTD 4/29/25
April 29, 2025 - FIRST FOREST WILDFLOWER - Not much else is green on the forest floor - so the delicate yellow Sessile Bellwort (aka Wild...
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POTD 4/28/25
April 28, 2025 - ANOTHER SPARROW ARRIVAL - WE have a variety of sparrows scratching in the yard every year. The White-throated Sparrow, w...
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POTD 4/27/25
April 27, 2025 - MERGANSER PAIR - A pair of Hooded Mergansers show the difference in their crest displays. The female (at left) shows her...
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POTD 4/26/25
April 26, 2025 - COMING OUT - Leaves and blossom heads of Hobblebush Viburnum emerge along the brook from the beaver pond. It is called H...
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POTD 4/25/25
April 25, 2025 - NO SNOWBIRD HERE - Slate-colored Juncos are sometimes called snowbirds because they show up in yards and at feeders in w...
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POTD 4/24/25
April 24, 2025 - STANDING BY - Male Heron stands by as his mate sits on the nest on the beaver pond.
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POTD 4/23/25
April 23, 2025 - HEE HEE - A male Eastern Towhee (we always called them Rufous-sided Towhee) back to grab seeds from the open feeder tray...
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POTD 4/22/25
April 22, 2025 - FIGHT NIGHT - Tom Turkeys fight it out for dominance and to secure mating rights in the flock. The dominant Tom gets the...
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POTD 4/21/25
April 21, 2025 - ON THE HUNT - A Great Blue Heron hunts on Island Pond. Female Herons are on the nest and the male Herons hunt on area po...
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POTD 4/20/25
April 20, 2025 - EASTER BUNNY - The Eastern Cottontail Rabbit showed up again, just in time to hide the eggs this year.
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POTD 4/19/25
April 19, 2025 - GOING RED - A male Cardinal stands out among the emerging red buds of a maple tree.
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POTD 4/18/25
April 18, 2025 - EASTER ROSE - Our Hellebore is blooming, right on schedule. Hellebores are called Lenten Rose because they typically blo...
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POTD 4/17/25
April 17, 2025 - HERON HUG - Lacking arms for a hug, a pair of Great Blue Herons neck-nuzzle in their nest on the beaver pond as part of...
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POTD 4/16
April 16, 2025 - DOWNY SOCK - We found that Downy Woodpeckers, this male, like the food in the sock we put out for the Finches.
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POTD 4/15/25
April 15, 2025 - WARM WELCOME - Female Great Blue Heron welcomes her mate back to the nest. Herons are pairing up on nests at the beaver...
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POTD 4/14/25
April 14, 2025 - DABBLING - A Canada Goose dabbles at the beaver pond.
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POTD 4/13/25
April 13, 2025 - AND THEN IT SNOWED - Our Daffodils were about to bloom when we got five inches of heavy, Spring snow. April snow is not...
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POTD 4/12/25
April 12, 2025 - RABBIT EARS - We get a glimpse of the Eastern Cottontail Rabbit in our garden every now and then. Usually not a very goo...
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POTD 4/11/25
April 11, 2025 - FACE PLANT - A Chickadee buries it's head in the bird bath water during an April snow squall. Chickadees are regular bir...
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POTD 4/10/25
April 10, 2025 - WOODY PAIR - A pair of Wood Ducks exhibit extreme dimorphism - where the male and female birds look very different from...
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POTD 4/9/25
April 09, 2025 - BRIGHT SPOT ON A SNOWY DAY - A male Cardinal waits out an April snow squall in the cover of a Hydrangea bush.
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POTD 4/8/25
April 08, 2025 - HUH? - My POTD Archive and our Facebook Memories document that April snowfall is not unusual in southern New Hampshire-...
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POTD 4/7/25
April 07, 2025 - WINGING IT - A Great Blue Heron flies up to a perch above it's nest on the beaver pond. Herons have a 6-7 foot wingspan...
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POTD 4/6/25
April 06, 2025 - SINGING IN THE RAIN - A Chickadee speaks out about the rainy weather.
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POTD 4/5/25
April 05, 2025 - TRYIN' TO LOOK MY BEST - A male Heron preens near the nest he claimed - as herons return to the beaver pond for nesting...
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POTD 4/4/25
April 04, 2025 - ORANGE YOU GLAD - A male Red-bellied Woodpecker at an orange in a suet feeder. We put out oranges to attract Orioles in...
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POTD 4/3/25
April 03, 2025 - SOFT LANDING - Herons are choosing nests on the beaver pond, with males staking claims on the existing nests.
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POTD 4/2/25
April 02, 2025 - FLASHY MALE - The male Wood Duck is a product of evolution and female choice. The male plays no role in raising the youn...
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POTD 4/1/25
April 01, 2025 - PUNK DO - A female Common Merganser with an un-common hair-do. Mergansers are diving ducks - which is not good for keepi...
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