POTD 5/31/25
May 31, 2025 - PURPLE? FINCH - The state bird of New Hampshire - the Purple Finch - is actually not purple, but the males are mostly re...
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POPTD 5/30/25
May 30, 2025 - MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME - A Robin sits on eggs in a nest on the ground-mount frame of our solar array. According to Sibley...
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POTD 5/29/25
May 29, 2025 - LOOKIN' FOR LOVE - A Turkey hen sports a lonely expression as she visits the yard alone. Wild Turkey mating season goes...
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POTD 5/28/25
May 28, 2025 - LOOKIN' FOR A SOFT SPOT - A Painted Turtle climbs onto a patch of moss seeking out a soft spot to soak up some sun on th...
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POTDc 5/27/25
May 27, 2025 - STRIKE A POSE - While Google says Heron Chicks do not strike a defensive "bittern pose" to blend in with their surroundi...
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POTD 5/26/25
May 26, 2025 - HEADING FOR JELLY - A female Baltimore Oriole launches from the hook to the jelly feeder hanging just below. We have two...
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POTD 5/25/25
May 25, 2025 - DINNER DELIVERY - Adult Great Blue Heron lets the chick know it is on the way back with food, which gets the chicks up s...
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POTD 5/24/25
May 24, 2025 - DINNER TIME ON THE BEAVER POND - A Great Blue Heron prepares to feed two eager chicks. Herons hunt in water surrounding...
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POTD 5/23/25
May 23, 2025 - BUGGING - A male Red-bellied Woodpecker probes tree bark to dig out insects - it's primary food source. We have woodpeck...
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POTD 5/22/25
May 22, 2025 - TAKING A SHORT BREAK - Female Great Blue Heron perches near the nest during a short break from tending chicks. Her young...
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POTD 5/21/25
May 21, 2025 - MESSY EATER - A male Purple Finch with a beak full of sunflower seeds he had just shelled. Finches can shell seeds in th...
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POTD 5/20/25
May 20, 2025 - WINGING IT - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers near a feeder. David Sibleys bird behavior book says hummingbirds...
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POTD 5/19/25
May 19, 2025 - CARDINAL COLOR - Named for its bright red color, like the robes of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church (which jus...
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POTD 5/18/25
May 18, 2025 - LOVE THEM BUNCHES - Bunchberry is the smallest member of the dogwood family. What appear to be four large white petals a...
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POTD 5/17/25
May 17, 2025 - MUNK MUNCHING - A Chipmunk chomps maple tree Samaras (seed pod helicopters). The large rounded buds of the seed pods are...
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POTD 5/16/25
May 16, 2025 - FIRST BUTTERFLY - The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly is always the first butterfly we see. Always when the Azalea i...
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POTD 5/15/25
May 15, 2025 - SQUIRREL MUNCHIES - A Red Squirrel munches Samaras (the seed helicopters from maple trees) in our yard. We think of Squi...
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POTD 5/14/25
May 14, 2025 - TINY CHICK - David Sibley describes the Great Blue Heron, at nearly four feet tall, as the tallest bird most people will...
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POTD 5/13/25
May 13, 2025 - HERON CHICKS GROWING - Chicks in the Heron nests are getting big enough to be seen in the nest. I've seen chicks in two...
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POTD 5/12/25
May 12, 2025 - OH DEER - The grass in our yard (could not be called a lawn) is greening up faster than most of the forest plants - whic...
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POTD 5/11/25
May 11, 2025 - HONKED OFF - Canada Geese do a lot of honking. They honk primarily to communicate with their flock - alerting the flock...
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POTD 5/10/25
May 10, 2025 - HUDDLE DOVE - After several days of warm weather - a cold spell has this Mourning Dove hunkered down against the chill....
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POTD 5/9/25
May 09, 2025 - DIGGING A NEST HOLE - A Chickadee excavates a nest cavity in a dead tree on the beaver pond. Chickadees are cavity neste...
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POTD 5/8/25
May 08, 2025 - TWO GIRLS FOR EVERY BOY - For those old enough to remember that at Surf City there were two girls for every boy! The fem...
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POTD 5/7/25
May 07, 2025 - ALL THAT ROSE COLOR - A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak among the red maple tree samaras - the name for the "helicopters" or...
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POTD 5/6/25
May 06, 2025 - THE GIRLS ARE BACK - At least one female Hummingbird is back. We had seen two males for a few days (without getting a ph...
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POTD 5/5/25
May 05, 2025 - SLIM PICKINS' - A Robin comes up with a tiny grub while pecking in the yard. Robins hunt by hopping or running forward,...
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POTD 5/4/25
May 04, 2025 - TURTLE LOVE - I surprised a pair of snapping turtles caught in an embrace I could only assume was consensual - and they...
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POTD 5/3/25
May 03, 2025 - MORE FOREST WILDFLOWERS - The tiny Goldthread blooms are easy to over look - but the delicate 1/2 inch blooms are worth...
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POTD 5/2/25
May 02, 2025 - SHY SAPSUCKER - A female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the Magnolia. We see Sapsuckers every year - this year they have be...
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POTD 5/1/25
May 01, 2025 - ORANGE BIRD IS BACK - Just in from Baltimore, the Orioles are back. The males are always the first to arrive - so we exp...
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