POTD 9/30/25
September 30, 2025 - CHERRY SUNSET - The large Cherry tree in our yard is always a good foreground for a colorful sunset. According to the AI...
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POTD 9/29/25
September 29, 2025 - EXCAVATING - A female Pileated Woodpecker sends sawdust flying as she excavates for grubs in a dead limb. Pileated Woodp...
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POTD 9/28/25
September 28, 2025 - LOOKING LIKE FALL at the beaver pond. Starting to see the color creep up the mountainside.
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POTD 9/27/25
September 27, 2025 - GETTING GRUBBY - A female Pileated Woodpecker snags a large grub from a dead tree she was excavating. Pileated Woodpecke...
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POTD 9/26/25
September 26, 2025 - SEED CRACKER - A male Cardinal uses his strong, specialized beak to slice, husk and crack the shell of a sunflower seed...
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POTD 9/25/25
September 25, 2025 - FEED ME! - Baby finches beg for food using characteristic behavior of fluttering their wings. This begging behavior cont...
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POTD 9/24/25
September 24, 2025 - NOT REPELLANT - Daisy Fleabane, Erigeron annuus, is a herbaceous annual plant in the Aster family. A Google search "does...
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POTD 9/23/25
September 23, 2025 - FALL COLOR - Goldfinches molt twice a year to change their plumage from bright yellow and black breeding colors to drab,...
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POTD 9/22/25
September 22, 2025 - PASSING THROUGH - After days of not seeing any hummingbirds - we had a female at the feeder. We keep our feeders up and...
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POTD 9/21/25
September 21, 2025 - STYLING - This Northern Flicker might know polka dots are in style this Fall. The Northern Flicker is actually a woodpec...
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POTD 9/20/25
September 20, 2025 - BLOSSOM BANDIT - A Chipmunk is caught red-handed eating petunia blooms from the patio planter.
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POTD 9/19/25
September 19, 2025 - EAGLE ON THE BEAVER POND - We have been seeing Eagles on the beaver pond for a few years now - after many years never se...
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POTD 9/18/25
September 18, 2025 - WHITE GENTIAN - We look for Closed Bottle Gentian blooms this time of year - purple, balloon-shaped blossoms. We know wh...
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POTD 9/17/25
September 17, 2025 - SUN (FLOWER) POWER - Our solar array is an appropriate backdrop for the blooming sunflowers on our roof. We just celebra...
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POTD 9/16/25
September 16, 2025 - MERLIN MEAL - We saw a Merlin hunting on the beaver pond and then watched it eat the dragonfly it caught in mid-air. We...
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POTD 9/15/25
September 15, 2025 - CRESTED - A male Cardinal shows off his shaggy crest. The crest is strictly feathers - some extra long feathers grow fro...
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POTD 9/14/25
September 14, 2025 - STILL AOUND - We watch for the female Hummingbirds every day now. The males have already gone and we don't expect to see...
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POTD 9/13/25
September 13, 2025 - ONCE MORE, WITH ATTITUDE - A female Belted Kingfisher on the beaver pond. In most sexually dimorphic birds (males and fe...
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POTD 9/12/25
September 12, 2025 - PIPER ON THE POND - A Solitary Sandpiper showed up at the beaver pond. We see them there once or twice a year (not even...
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POTD 9/11/25
September 11, 2025 - FISHIN' - A female Belted Kingfisher with her catch on the beaver pond. Kingfishers are known (and named) for their spec...
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POTD 9/10/25
September 10, 2025 - LOVE THE BUNNIES - We love ALL of the wildlife that comes into our forest yard - but we have especially enjoyed having E...
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POTD 9/9/25
September 09, 2025 - HERE FOR THE FRUIT - A male Red-bellied Woodpecker eats oranges from a suet holder. We learned that woodpeckers like ora...
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POTD 9/8/25
September 08, 2025 - GENTLE JUNCO - A Dark-eyed Junco perched in Wisteria. Juncos are known as "snowbirds" because they are harbingers of win...
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POTD 9/7/25
September 07, 2025 - OFFA' MY FLOWER - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird chases a Fritillary Butterfly away from the Cimicifuga bloom she ha...
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POTD 9/6/25
September 06, 2025 - STILL ENJOYING THE HUMM - The female Hummingbirds are all over the late-Summer blooming flowers (because the males have...
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POTD 9/5/25
September 05, 2025 - BIG WOODPECKER - A female Pileated Woodpecker perches at the very top of a dead spruce tree. The largest North American...
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POTD 9/4/25
September 04, 2025 - SIP AND TILT - Birds drink by scooping water into their beaks and tilting their heads back to let gravity pull the water...
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POTD 9/3/25
September 03, 2025 - SUNFLOWER DAY - A Fritillary Butterfly takes advantage of a sunflower bloom in the garden on the roof. Fritillary Butter...
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POTD 9/2/25
September 02, 2025 - YEARLY BATH - A female Purple Finch bathes in the bird bath on Labor Day on the unofficial end of Summer. We've seen sev...
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POTD 9/1/25
September 01, 2025 - YES SIR - An Admiral Butterfly in he pachysandra ground cover. Admiral butterflies are fast-flying dark winged butterfli...
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