POTD 8/31/26
August 31, 2026 - DUDE WITH A SNOOD TUDE - A young male turkey with droopy snood. A turkey's snood - the fleshy, extendable appendage on i...
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POTD 8/30/26
August 30, 2026 - LATE BLOOMER - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird extracts nectar from a Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) bloom. The t...
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POTD 8/29/26
August 29, 2026 - DAY DRINKING - A male Goldfinch dribbles as he drinks. Most birds, including Goldfinches, drink by filling their mouths...
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POTD 8/28/26
August 28, 2026 - HMMMMM? - The female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have taken over the patio feeders. They guard the feeders from overlooki...
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POTD 8/27/26
August 27, 2026 - FLIGHT MOTION - A male Goldfinch leaves trails as he takes flight. Anyone old enough to have used film cameras knows abo...
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POTD 8/26/26
August 26, 2026 - COULDN'T WAIT - I usually get the bird feeders out early in the morning and the birds in our yard have come to expect lo...
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POTD 8/25/26
August 25, 2026 - EYE ON THE SKY - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird keeps an eye out for any other hummers coming near the sugar-water f...
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POTD 8/24/26
August 24, 2026 - SIGN OF THE SEASON - A male American Goldfinch beginning his late-Summer molt. All birds molt, many molt once a ye...
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POTD 8/23/26
August 23, 2026 - ANYTHING RED - An immature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird shows interest in the red leaves of a smoke bush. I can tell i...
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POTD 8/22/26
August 22, 2026 - DON'T BUG ME - The Eastern Cottontail rabbit that lives in our yard gets bugged by pesky gnats while munching in the gra...
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POTD 8/21/26
August 21, 2026 - UNFLOWER WILDFLOWER - Indian-pipe, Monotropa uniflora, is in the Heath family. It is Saprophytic - meaning it gets it's...
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POTD 8/20/26
August 20, 2026 - I HEAR YOU - A bird's ears are on the side of the head behind and below the eye. In most species the ear is hidden under...
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POTD 8/19/26
August 19, 2026 - DOVELY - A Mourning Dove with broad shoulders from this angle. I don't think this Dove was sleeping, but David Sibley sa...
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POTD 8/18/26
August 18, 2026 - JUST A LITTLE EARLY - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird checks out a flower that is almost a bloom.
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POTD 8/17/26
August 17, 2026 - SOLAR POWERED - An Eastern Phoebe hunts bugs from the edge of the solar array. Phoebes are in the Flycatcher family - an...
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POTD 8/16/26
August 16, 2026 - FROM BOTH SIDES NOW - Cloud reflections in the beaver pond. Cumulus clouds - the low puffy, fair-weather kind, I like to...
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POTD 8/15/26
August 15, 2026 - BUM LEG - An immature Chipping Sparrow with a deformed leg. Several sources said birth defects in wild sparrows were rar...
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POTD 8/14/26
August 14, 2026 - HUMMER TIME - The Hummingbirds are busy around our house with full feeders and lots of flowers in bloom.
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POTD 8/13/26
August 13, 2026 - MOST ROMANTIC BIRD TITLE - A male Cardinal feeds his mate a seed. It is a well-known Cardinal behavior with the male sig...
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POTD 8/12/26
August 12, 2026 - TRAIL MUSHROOM - Not many wildflowers along the trail to the beaver pond, but hot summer days and recent rains have the...
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POTD 8/11/26
August 11, 2026 - WE HAVE A JUMPER - There are four male turkeys that are almost always hanging out around the bird feeders in our yard pe...
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POTD 8/10/26
August 10, 2026 - MEADOWHAWK DRAGONFLY ON THE BEAVER POND - Dragonfly identification is difficult - as many are very similar. I think this...
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POTD 8/9/26
August 09, 2026 - ON DEFENSE - A female Hummingbird flares her tail while while defending the space around a hummer feeder. Females are fi...
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POTD 8/8/26
August 08, 2026 - SNAKE ON THE POND - An unidentified snake leads with it's tongue as it swims across the pond.
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POTD 8/7/26
August 07, 2026 - IT GOT HOT - A great Blue Heron wades in shallow water...hunting fish, while also cooling off.
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POTD 8/6/26
August 06, 2026 - POWER OF FLOWERS - A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird is attracted to the red Geranium bloom. Hummers don't seem to pref...
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POTD 8/5/26
August 05, 2026 - BOMBER MODE - A Bald Eagle streaks across the beaver pond. It is getting more common to see an Eagle at the beaver pond.
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POTD 8/4/26
August 04, 2026 - APPROPRIATE NAME - A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird shows it's namesake ruby throat feathers. Many bird species have iri...
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POTD 8/3/26
August 03, 2026 - REALLY, A PRINCE? - A Pickerel Frog showed up on the patio...looking for someone to kiss him. Cute for a frog - maybe no...
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POTD 8/2/26
August 02, 2026 - BALD EAGLE ON THE BEAVER POND - I have mixed feelings about Eagles on the beaver pond. They have been regulars on the be...
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POTD 8/1/26
August 01, 2026 - NOSEY BEAR - We watch for the young bear that has been coming around - and noticed it sniffing at the empty feeder poles...
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