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POTD 9/13/26
TITMOUSE? - Having a name that has nothing to do with mice (or tits)...makes you wonder? The name "titmouse" comes from Old English words meaning "small bird,",with no actual relation to mice. Tit: derived from an Old English or Anglo-Saxon word meaning "small thing" or "small". Mouse: Evolved from the Old English word "mase", which meant "small bird". Over time, "mase" morphed into the familiar word "mouse," likely because the small bird's quick movements reminded people of a rodent.
POTD 9/12/26
BUTTERFLY KING - A male Monarch Butterfly on a Sedum bloom. Monarchs are one of a few butterfly species that migrate south. Butterflies drink nectar from flower blooms and like Hummingbirds, bulk up before migration.
POTD 9/10/26
WATCHING - An Eastern Phoebe watches the yard from a perch - before spotting a prey insect that it will catch while in flight. Phoebes are small flycatchers that arrive early in New Hampshire in Spring and are late to migrate in the Fall. Since Phoebes generally return to the exact same nesting site and frequently use the same nest year after year - we consider them our Phoebes.
POTD 9/9/26
SEED CRACKER - A Tufted Titmouse cracks a seed holding it with its feet. Several small perching birds (Titmouse, Chickadees and Blue Jays) hold seeds with their feet while hammering or cracking them open with their beaks. While Finches and Cardinals eat right in the feeder and leave their seed shells behind.
