POTD 8/31/25
August 31, 2025 - SEEDY - A female Goldfinch munches on seeds on a Lilac bush. Goldfinches are primarily seed eaters - and even though the...
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POTD 8/30/25
August 30, 2025 - PASSING THROUGH - A migrating Ovenbird perches just off our garden clearing. In the Fall, Ovenbirds migrate to mixed for...
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POTD 8/29/25
August 29, 2025 - SURPRISE SIGHTING - I surprised a flock of Blue-winged Teal ducks at the beaver pond and they surprised me with an explo...
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POTD 8/28/25
August 28, 2025 - COMING IN LATE - A male Goldfinch feeds a fledgling. Goldfinches preferred food is seed from thistle and summer flowers...
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POTD 8/27/25
August 27, 2025 - STRIKING - It is hard as a nature photographer not to have a bias for colorful birds...and I will pretty much always sho...
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POTD 8/26/25
August 26, 2025 - HERE FOR THE CHERRIES - An immature Cedar Waxwing approaches a scant cherry crop. Waxwings eat mainly fruit, and live an...
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POTD 8/25/25
August 25, 2025 - HANGING AROUND - A male Rudy-throated Hummingbird guards a feeder on the patio from a perch under the Kiwi shrub. Male h...
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POTD 8/24/25
August 24, 2025 - LIFTOFF - A male Cardinal launches from a perch in the wisteria. While we typically see Cardinals at feeders eating seed...
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POTD 8/23/25
August 23, 2025 - COOL IN THE POOL - A Robin chills in a puddle on the driveway.
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POTD 8/22/25
August 22, 2025 - BEAVER POND COTTON - Cotton grass (Eriophorum), despite its name is not related to cotton, but is a type of sedge with v...
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POTD 8/21/25
August 21, 2025 - BUNNY CUTENESS - There have been lots of rabbits around this year. Our neighbors have reported seeing lots of bunnies -...
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POTD 8/20/25
August 20, 2025 - YOUNG GROSBEAK - An immature Rose-breasted Grosbeak scratches under the feeder. We have regular Grosbeaks and almost alw...
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POTD 8/19/25
August 19, 2025 - IN DISGUISE - Misumena Vatia - the tiny Goldenrod Crab Spider hunts insects on a Sunflower bloom. They are called crab s...
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POTD 8/18/25
August 18, 2025 - CAUGHT IN MY BATH - A Tufted Titmouse bathes in the patio birdbath. Birds don't have sweat glands, so they rely on water...
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POTD 8/17/25
August 17, 2025 - GETTING NEW THREADS - A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird shows signs of molting. Yes, Hummingbirds do molt, shedding their...
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POTD 8/16/25
August 16, 2025 - IT HEARD ME COMING - A small Eastern Cottontail Rabbit forages in the yard. Rabbits' large ears DO help them hear better...
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POTD 8/15/25
August 15, 2025 - THANKS FOR THE JUICE - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeder. Hummingbirds are very territorial and will prot...
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POTD 8/14/25
August 14, 2025 - UN-SCARLET TANAGER - A female Scarlet Tanager showed up on queue as cherries are ripe. Tanagers are extremely sexually d...
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POTD 8/13/25
August 13, 2025 - SEEING RED - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird shows interest in a red geranium...as hummers are known for their attrac...
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POTD 8/12/25
August 12, 2025 - RETURN OF THE WAXWINGS - A Cedar Waxwing on a high perch at the beaver pond. We almost always have Waxwings this time of...
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POTD 8/11/25
August 11, 2025 - HUMMER FAVORITE - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovers over blooming Bee Balm. Bee Balm is considered one of the be...
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POTD 8/10/25
August 10, 2025 - WELL, LIKE RABBITS - We got a look at bunnies validating the long-known stereotype of rabbits being very reproductively...
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POTD 8/9/25
August 09, 2025 - SHARPIE - A Sharp-shinned Hawk comes hunting in our yard. Sharp-shinned Hawks, called Sharpies, are regular visitors to...
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POTD 8/8/25
August 08, 2025 - DUDE WITH A SNOOD TUDE - A young male turkey shows a jaunty snood attitude. A snood is a fleshy appendage that hangs dow...
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POTD 8/7/25
August 07, 2025 - HELP YOURSELF - An Eastern Gray Squirrel chows down on the true flowers at the center of Wolf's Eye Dogwood blooms. The...
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POTD 8/6/25
August 06, 2025 - BACKSIDE BEAUTY - The back side of a Queen Anne's Lace bloom shows a pattern as elaborate and beautiful as the front.
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POTD 8/5/25
August 05, 2025 - WAITING FOR YOU - Finally had a Monarch Butterfly on the garden milkweed we planted for them. Looking forward to the cat...
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POTD 8/4/25
August 04, 2025 - SPEAK UP - A female Red-Winged Blackbird speaks up, presumably about an empty feeder.
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POTD 8/3/25
August 03, 2025 - SHARP EYE - An Eastern Phoebe hunts flying insects from a perch over the beaver pond. Phoebes have the habit of dipping...
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POTD 8/2/25
August 02, 2025 - LOVELY DAY on the beaver pond. The Herons have all gone and it is quiet at the beaver pond in late Summer.
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POTD 8/1/25
August 01, 2025 - PATROLLING THE BEAVER POND - A Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly on a perch above the beaver pond. Dragonflies hunt bugs - which a...
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