POTD 3/31/26
March 31, 2026 - CLAIMING A NEST - Male great Blue Herons typically arrive at nesting grounds first - to claim and defend nest sites. I s...
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POTD 3/30/26
March 30, 2026 - SPRING SKY - Clouds on a late March day and my favorite silhouette subject - the huge cherry tree in the front yard.
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POTD 3/29/26
March 29, 2026 - MERGANSER MATE - Could it be my machismo bias that I picked the female Hooded Merganser for yesterday's POTD - when the...
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POTD 3/28/26
March 28, 2026 - MS MERGANSER - A female Hooded Merganser, not as flashy as her male mate, showed up on an area pond yesterday. Several d...
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POTD 3/27/26
March 27, 2026 - LOVEY DOVEY - A male Mourning Dove follows close behind his female mate. Mourning Doves are sometimes called "turtle dov...
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POTD 3/26/26
March 26, 2026 - PERFECT MEAL - A Common Grackle picks dried mealworms from the feeder. Most of the birds coming to the feeders seem to p...
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POTD 3/25/26
March 25, 2026 - CARDINAL RULE - Snow has melted to have enough bare ground for the Cardinal to forage in the patio garden.
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POTD 3/24/26
March 24, 2026 - DUDES WITH THE SNOODS - Male turkeys in excited state with snoods engorged. The snood is an erectile, fleshy protuberanc...
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POTD 3/23/26
March 23, 2026 - DRINKING FROM THE BIRD BATH - A Chickadee visits the bird bath for a drink. The birds don't do much bathing in the winte...
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POTD 3/22/26
March 22, 2026 - MORE OPEN WATER - The melt is on and there is more open water every day at the beaver pond. Some ducks have been spotted...
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POTD 3/21/26
March 21, 2026 - SPRING ICE - Warm days and cold nights - Spring thaw has begun and has the brook booking, making cool icicles on everyth...
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POTD 3/20/26
March 20, 2026 - GRACKLES ARE BACK - The Common Grackles have returned to the feeders in the yard. The Grackles are large, boisterous and...
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POTD 3/19/26
March 19, 2026 - BEAVER POND REFREEZE - After a brief warm stretch with some open water on the beaver pond - it is ice-covered again. Loo...
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POTD 3/18/26
March 18, 2026 - ONLY THE BEST - We feed our birds well - a price I am willing to pay for using the birds as frequent POTD subjects - and...
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POTD 3/17/26
March 17, 2026 - SPRING BATH TIME - When Sprig is near and the puddles thaw enough for bathing - a Slate-colored Junco takes advantage of...
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POTD 3/16/26
March 16, 2026 - TODAY IS MY 75TH BIRTHDAY - I have been taking pictures for a really long time now....and my POTD Blog is coming up on 6...
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POTD 3/15/26
March 15, 2026 - NO NAPKIN - A male Bluebird shakes water off his beak after drinking from the heated birdbath.
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POTD 3/14/26
March 14, 2026 - OH DEER - A young deer eyes me from the edge of the yard.
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POTD 3/13/26
March 13, 2026 - MORE SPRING SIGNS - Snowdrop flowers (Galanthus) primarily symbolize hope, purity and rebirth representing the resilienc...
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POTD 3/12/26
March 12, 2026 - MAPLE SAP TIME - A White-breasted Nuthatch visits a tree limb scar to drink sap water. Warm days and cold nights get map...
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POTD 3/11/26
March 11, 2026 - ANOTHER BLUEBIRD DAY - Beautiful (warm) weather and the Bluebirds were around again. Signs of Spring!
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POTD 3/10/26
March 10, 2026 - BLUEBIRD DAY - We are always watching for birds' Spring arrivals and always hopeful of attracting Bluebirds by putting o...
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POTD 3/9/26
March 09, 2026 - SIGNS OF SPRING? - Tom Turkeys displaying on a foggy morning. Longer days have the turkeys thinking about mating and war...
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POTD 3/8/26
March 08, 2026 - NEW ENGLAND WINTER SCENE - Grand Monadnock Mountain is the backdrop for an old orchard in southern New Hampshire.
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POTD 3/7/26
March 07, 2026 - SIGN ON THE STREET - I passed this sign on the street in Jaffrey while heading to an appointment. Nature photos for POTD...
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POTD 3/6/26
March 06, 2026 - JUST A HARE DEEP - We still have deep snow that the bunny is making paths through to get to the plants in the patio gard...
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POTD 3/5/26
March 05, 2026 - SNOW DAY - A Tufted Titmouse waits out a snow squall.
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POTD 3/4/26
March 04, 2026 - AGAIN? - We are getting another March snow squall - and the turkeys (like everyone else) would say - enough!
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POTD 3/3/26
March 03, 2026 - MOON ME, BABY - The March full moon is called the Worm Moon - but the lunar eclipse this morning is turning the moon red...
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POTD 3/2/26
March 02, 2026 - WORKING THE BARK - A Nuthatch hangs on the side of a maple tree, interrupted from gleaning bugs and larvae from scars in...
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POTD 3/1/26
March 01, 2026 - TRACKING - After a couple of feet of snow - wildlife tracks are everywhere around our forest home. These tracks lead to...
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