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POTD 12/26/24
DON'T BUG ME - While common at suet feeders, Downy Woodpeckers eat mainly insects, including beetle larvae that live inside wood or tree bark. It's not unusual to see a Downy, like this female, working the sides of the tree - pecking at cracks in the bark.
POTD 12/25/24
TINY CHRISTMAS TREES - Tree Clubmoss, aka "princess pine" trees grace the path to the beaver pond. Clubmoss is more closely related to ferns than moss. Clubmoss ancestors in the Carboniferous Period were tree-sized. Over the eons, compression and heat transformed them into the coal beds that have fueled the modern world - releasing stored carbon in the process. (from the Nature Almanac & Calendar by Francie VonMertens)
POTD 12/23/24
BRRRRR - The first day of winter came in COLD. The brook from the beaver pond had icicles everywhere.
POTD 12/22/24
WINTER SOLSTICE - The shortest day of the year on the beaver pond. And, it looks like it will be a cold, but white Christmas in southern New Hampshire.
