POTD 6/30/25
June 30, 2025 - HERON CHICKS ARE FLEDGING - Some of the Heron chicks are flying. Since they don't all hatch at the same time, it is comm...
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POTD 6/29/25
June 29, 2025 - FEEDING THE BABIES - Female Downy Woodpecker feeds her fledgling at the finch sock. We have been seeing the Downy Woodpe...
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POTD 6/28/25
June 28, 2025 - YOUNG CARDINAL - When it leaves the nest, a young Cardinal has a dark bill without any bright color. A few weeks later t...
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POTD 6/27/25
June 27, 2025 - BUNNY DAY - We spotted an Eastern Cottontail Rabbit in the garden this winter - so it was nice to see the bunny still ar...
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POTD 6/26/25
June 26, 2025 - IN THE POOL - Mourning Doves bathe in the bird bath as record high temperatures hit New Hampshire.
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POTD 6/25/25
June 25, 2025 - IT AIN'T EASY BEING BLUE - Male Indigo Bunting in full breeding color. Buntings are strongly sexually dimorphic - males...
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POTD 6/24/25
June 24, 2025 - A HOT ONE - Heron chicks, with no patio umbrella for the nest, pant to deal with the late June heat in New Hampshire....
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POTD 6/23/25
June 22, 2025 - SQUIRRELY - A Red Squirrel peeks around a tree in the yard. The little squirrels are cute in the feeders - and, every bo...
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POTD 6/22/25
June 22, 2025 - I'M OUTTA HERE - A parent Heron takes flight from the nest after being pestered by growing Heron chicks. This Heron has...
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POTD 6/21/25
June 21, 2025 - JUST SIT AND STARE - There is usually something happening at the beaver pond - but sometimes I have to just sit and star...
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POTD 6/20/25
June 20, 2025 - WILDFLOWER CAMPION - Summer wildflowers - Bladder Campion is gracing the edge of a flower bed in the yard. Wikipedia say...
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POTD 6/19/25
June 19, 2025 - HANGIN' IN THERE - A male Baltimore Oriole hangs in a vine above a hummingbird feeder. Orioles typically begin their mig...
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POTD 6/18/25
June 18, 2025 - GETTIN' YOUR PUNK ON - A male Purple Finch sports a wet-head hairdo on one of the recent rainy days in New Hampshire.
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POTD 6/17/25
June 17, 2025 - EATING LARGE - Heron Chicks raise their wings in an attempt to keep the other chick from getting what the parent Heron h...
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POTD 6/16/25
June 16, 2025 - FATHERS DAY - Downy Woodpecker Dad (on right) feeds fledgling on Fathers Day. Woodpeckers share parenting - but we saw t...
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POTD 6/15/25
June 15, 2025 - POLLINATOR WEEK - Congress established mid-June's National Pollinator Week in 2007 - recognizing that pollinators help t...
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POTD 6/14/25
June 14, 2025 - SPECIAL DOGWOOD - We have a mature Wolf Eyes Dogwood, Cornus kousa, tree in our New Hampshire forest yard. It took years...
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POTD 6/13/25
June 13, 2025 - GOTTA GET ALONG - When Heron chicks are big enough to be left alone in the nest - both parents are off hunting - so chic...
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POTD 6/12/25
June 12, 2025 - NEWT TO ME - A Red Eft - the immature land form of the Eastern Newt. Newts have three forms: a larval aquatic form, foll...
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POTD 6/11/25
June 11, 2025 - TWO GIRLS FOR EVERY BOY - The Hummingbird rodeo on our back patio has begun. We have four females jockeying for position...
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POTD 6/10/25
June 10, 2025 - BACK IN THE YARD - A male Baltimore Oriole heads for the jelly feeder in the yard. Orioles return every Spring and visit...
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POTD 6/9/25
June 09, 2025 - ROBIN CHICKS - The Robin nest under our solar array has three begging chicks in it. Robins are early breeders and usuall...
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POTD 6/8/25
June 08, 2025 - FEED ME FIRST - A Heron chick begs to be fed by the parent Heron (on the other side of the tree trunk).
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POTD 6/7/25
June 07, 2025 - SEEDY - Columbines, Aquilegia, both natural and introduced, exist on all continents except Antarctica. Spent blooms tend...
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POTD 6/6/25
June 06, 2025 - NOT A PICKY PECKER - We love the variety of birds we attract to our New Hampshire forest yard and we put out a variety o...
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POTD 6/5/25
June 05, 2025 - THE CHICKS - Heron chicks grow really fast. By two weeks of age chicks are big enough to leave the nest and perch in nea...
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POTD 6/4/25
June 04, 2025 - GOOD PROVIDER - A Robin with a beak full of worms on perch near the nest. David Sibley says a single Robin can eat up to...
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POTD 6/3/25
June 03, 2025 - A MOM BLANKET - A Heron crouches over her very young chicks on an unusually cold June day. Heron chicks are born nearly...
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POTD 6/2/25
June 02, 2025 - THAT PROVERBIAL EARLY BIRD - A Robin fills its beak with worms and grubs hunting in the yard to feed the chick(s?) in th...
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POTD 6/1/25
June 01, 2025 - SLIPPERS ARE OUT - We have been watching for Lady Slipper blooms - and finally spotted one near the beaver pond. The Pin...
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