Dramatic Sky over Vermont
Last Month of Winter 2023
Welcome Spring! After a strange winter, spring has arrived. I covered the first two months of winter in a previous blog post. Here I review the last month of…
Red-bellied Woodpecker in Snowstorm
Mid-winter 2022
The three mid-winter weeks from February 12 to March 5 were filled with birds, snow, hikes, and a short time at part of the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. Winter Carnival…
Tunis Mill with Hanover Conservancy
Adair Mulligan led a snowshoe hike to the Hanover Conservancy Tunis Mill site in NE Hanover on a beautiful warm winter afternoon Sunday. It was an easy hike with lots…
Red Squirrel
I went to the Mink Brook Nature Preserve in Hanover early Monday morning to do some bird photography. Found a very cooperative Northern Parula which will likely be featured in a subsequent…
Wildflower Hike in the Shumway Forest
The Hanover Conservancy sponsored a wildflower hike in the Shumway Forest on Moose Mountain. It was led by Alice Schori who identified many wildflowers for us and pointed out interesting…
Moving Water along River Road
Immediately after an early spring rain is a nice time to photograph moving water. Helping me get away from my computer, a friend and I spent a few hours Friday…
Slade Brook in Winter
I visited the Slade Brook Watershed above Old Lyme Road three times in March on snowshoes. The first two times were Sunday morning Hanover Conservancy "pop up trips" led by…
Greensboro Ridge with Alcott Smith
On a nearly perfect winter day, a group of 14 joined naturalist and tracker extraordinaire Alcott Smith in the Greensboro Ridge Natural Area. This winter excursion was sponsored by the…
Wolfeboro Road and Tunis Schoolhouse
The Hanover Conservancy, the Hanover Town Library (aka, the Etna Library), and the Hanover Historical Society co-sponsored two outdoor programs about the historic Wolfeboro Road. This road was first laid…
Trescott Lands with Hanover Conservancy
Alcott Smith and Adair Mulligan led a nature hike yesterday through the northeast portion of the Trescott Lands in Hanover from the Dogford Road entrance in Etna. We headed north,…
UVD, Trescott, Bear Pond, & bear
George Clark, Peg Ackerson, and Blake Allison led a Mascoma Audubon bird walk at the Union Village Dam/Mystery Trail area in Thetford, Vermont, Friday. This is a beautiful area with…
Mink Brook Nature Preserve
Gail McPeek and George Clark led a bird walk sponsored by the Hanover Conservancy along Mink Brook Saturday April 30. The group of 16 participants saw or heard 37 species. I…