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2025

2024

11/13 Kayla plays stick
11/08 The drying Fall
08/30 Heron on the Algae Pond
08/28 An egret has breakfast on Poggy Bay
08/28 Doves at Thom’s deck
07/20 From the annual visit to Contoocook
06/15 Update from the bog
05/18 back to the hundred acre woods
02/26 To the pond finally
02/22 Winter of drought 2024
02/06 into February for central Maine

2023

12/31 Where are the turkeys?
12/29 the Little Beach and Poggy Bay at High tide today
12/23 Winter arrives
10/24 Another look at the Virginia
10/04 October starts
10/01 Hiking up Trout Mountain
09/30 The beaver bog yesterday
08/29 Mystic visit report continued
08/18 Mystic visit August 2023
07/15 The Virginia in Maine
05/08 May rain brings Spring floods
04/16 Could be real Spring
04/11 Ice-out, not
04/08 Winter into Spring, maybe
04/03 The slow Spring proceeds slowly
03/24 Spring on the Ice pond
03/14 Snow-shoeing into Spring
03/12 Meteorological Spring is here

2022

12/02 Ending of autumn in Maine
11/05 Birds on the island
10/24 The beaver’s front line
10/10 Out in fall
10/07 Autumnal bog view
09/24 Beavers 10, Town of Litchfield 9
09/22 The beavers’ vs. road crew front line
08/31 History re-created
08/28 Ice pond birds and algae
08/07 Mainiac update-August deer feeding season
07/25 Canadians on the ice pond
07/11 Out at the beaver pond
07/02 On the lake 2022
06/16 Pleasant pond walk
06/09 Canoe ride on the Madagascal stream
06/08 Along the beaver pond
06/02 More beaver work
05/30 The Madagascal stream this week
05/20 The beaver works
04/26 Finding the beaver bog lodge
04/12 Spring nature walk in CT
04/06 Ice out on the ponds- mostly
03/30 Pond ice almost gone
03/27 Spring ice update
03/21 And Spring is here?
03/11 Pre-Spring view
03/04 Waiting for Spring. Summer?
02/08 More from the little beach
01/14 January 2022 Connecticut sun

2021

12/29 Trekking into 2022
12/16 John’s pretty good bird count
11/26 Hunting season
11/12 Pond recon update
10/22 Recent recons
10/01 Late September sunset in CT
09/02 Scouting the bees
08/15 Mid-August
08/05 Into August 2021
07/26 Heron along the pond
07/24 Kayakers on Poggy Bay
07/16 Summer solstice 2020
06/20 Weather station upgrade
06/17 Then there was a ground hog
06/13 Kayla finds a porcupine
06/05 Kayla, go find us a turtle!
06/04 Wind in the woods
05/31 Upstream in Grand Falls Township, Maine
05/23 Humming things up
05/15 Bird of springtime
04/29 Visiting the Kennebec river in March
04/18 The beaver bog gets wet
04/10 Still the beginning of Spring
03/24 The beginning of Spring v2021
03/09 Waiting for Spring
02/26 Back woods update
02/18 February school vacation week
02/07 Super spreader bowl night or R.F.H day #328
01/29 Winter of tracks in the snow
01/21 Winter again at the beaverbog
01/18 More Pond views
01/14 Finally we have Ice In

2020

12/21 Republican caucus visit
12/12 Winter week
12/02 Into December
11/26 The buck stops here
11/24 Time for the turkeys
11/22 Late fall
10/04 Made it to Day #200
09/30 Canoeing on the Madagascal Stream
09/28 Autumn comes to the Madagascal
09/22 Fall equinox
09/16 Upside down with big stick
09/06 Dam report
08/29 Local stream report
08/25 Kennebec river report
08/21 Watching the local birds
08/17 Introducing my vice presidential running mate
08/16 Live free or die: I ain’t wearing no mask …
08/15 Mid-August backwoods update
08/09 Schoolhouse road trip
08/08 July visit to CT
07/28 Pandemonium update
07/10 Ducks in a row on Woodbury Pond
07/05 A coronal retirement update
06/21 Lake Contoocook signing off
06/18 Monadnock sunset
06/16 The other plague
06/09 Osprey on hover
06/08 Maine hummingbirds
06/03 Forest fauna
06/01 Fishing expedition
05/31 Osprey goes fishing
05/30 Birds on the ice pond
05/29 Maine gardening update
05/26 Memorable weekend on the Madagascal stream
05/20 Making dirt
05/17 day 61 of my plague-cation
05/14 National Guard fly-over tribute to Maine healthcare workers
05/10 Beaverbog stream dam
05/09 Update from Coronal Maine
05/06 R.I.P Murphy, 2007?-2020
05/02 Into May 2020
04/22 Fishing on the Kennebec R
04/15 Day 30 Retired in place
04/10 Springtime rain storm
04/08 Out to the middle bog
04/05 No virus here
04/04 Goldeneyes on the pond
04/03 Turtles on the ice pond
04/02 They said you would bring the mussels out for pick up?
04/01 Gull observing anti-social virus compliance
03/30 Osprey tracking
03/27 The ospreys are back!
03/21 First day of spring
03/20 Bogey bird at the Great Marsh
03/19 End of winter 2019-2020
03/13 Beavers getting ready for Spring
03/08 End of snow season?
03/02 Leap day on the island
02/23 Snow machine trail re-opened
02/22 Murphy follows the track of the yeti
02/20 Barry is back
02/15 No swimming today on the pond
02/08 Rise of the snow moon
02/08 Good morning, central Maine!
01/11 Recon to bridge Echo
01/05 Now to snowshoe season
01/03 It’s in the bag

2019

12/26 Turn left at the old washing machine
12/22 Winter arrives
12/20 In Dublin, beer is delivered by tanker truck
12/15 Rain, then wind
12/14 Two inches of rain
12/07 We wrapped our garage in fondant!
11/24 Deer hunting in the back acre
11/23 Beaver bog patrol report
11/22 Friday patrol report
11/18 A brief history of snow
11/17 Uh-oh at bridge Echo
11/11 Thanksgiving turkey sale – all you can eat
11/10 Deer chasing season starts
11/08 Cobh view
11/03 Invergordon infrastructure
10/28 Egret in the air
10/27 More egrets in the trees
10/27 Mystic river views
10/26 Egrets in the trees
10/25 Jasper plays lumberjack
10/24 Ice pond egrets
10/21 Mud pond lilies
10/15 Squirrel point light station
10/14 Perkins island light station
10/12 Fiddler’s Reach fog station
10/11 Beaverbog foliage
10/09 Peak colors this week
10/03 In the Maine woods
09/29 Off the grid weekend
09/27 Fort St. George & the Popham Colony
09/24 Kennebec river cruise 2
09/23 Kennebec river day trip
09/22 American dagger moth caterpillar
09/19 Bug
09/14 Fishing at Potter’s brook
09/11 Another flying creature – UPDATE
09/08 Almost flying things
09/06 Late summer hummingbird report (update)
09/02 Feathers in the meadow
08/19 Hummingbird feeding
08/17 When Ensign Gregory (the other one) went to the sub-base
08/10 Humming at the primrose bush
08/04 The sun sets on the Irish Sea and the Atlantic
08/03 Deer near the Great Marsh
08/02 Wood work
07/27 View from the back forty
07/14 Not from Apollo 11
07/03 The heron on the ice pond
06/29 Birds on the island
06/28 The boats of Britannia
06/21 Sunrise over the North Sea
06/19 Previews
06/15 Springtime update
06/05 “You are about to embark on the Great Crusade …” – updated
06/04 It’s a lady of the spring
06/01 It’s official: it has been a lousy Spring
05/26 Gulls around Cobh, Ireland
05/19 A Northern Gannet on the Irish coast
05/14 They helped save the world from Hitler and Stalin
04/22 Osprey?
04/20 Spring?
04/14 Visitor update
04/10 The beaver bog
04/09 the woodpecker’s tree
04/07 End of march
03/30 Geese at the Poggy Bay marsh
03/24 Some birds around Mason Island
03/18 Potential pre-Spring habitats
02/24 Trail closed
02/23 Turkey time
02/17 Waiting for springtime
02/16 R.I.P. Opportunity
02/13 Loon snacks on Poggy Bay
02/09 The great marsh from another angle
02/03 The Feb 3 sunset from Poggy Bay
02/02 Murphy sees his shadow
01/22 On the Interweb, no one knows you’re a dog
01/20 No January thaw here
01/14 Update from Frozen
01/04 Canadian airforce over Connecticut
01/01 Birds of the weekend

2018

12/31 Poggy bay last sunset 2018
12/30 Adventures at Money Point
12/23 More visitors
12/16 Rudolph on his off day
12/08 Visitors week of Dec. 4
12/08 Countdown to the latest sunrise
11/24 Crossword update
11/19 Deer hunt 2018 report
11/17 First snow 2018-19
11/13 Beaver dam Echo update
11/11 Deer in the back
10/22 T minus 1 week to deer hunting season
10/20 Beaver dam at bridge echo
10/14
10/10 Foliage behind bridge charlie
10/08 Beavers build new dam
10/03 MI weekend report 2
10/02 CT weekend
09/29 Money Point turn and burn
09/28 MI ice pond update
09/18 Beavers are back
08/25 Back woods animal park
08/17 Shoreline and pond residents
08/13 Great great egrets weekend
08/11 Island birds
08/03 Call the ball!
07/28 Moose at two o’clock
07/27 Madagascal stream patrol
07/17 Surveillance cam shots from June
07/07 Welcome to Trump, Maryland
07/04 Osprey to marker 7
06/30 Bodkin creek osprey nests
06/23 Chesapeake Bay fishing trip
06/09 A walk through a mainiac zoo
05/19 Maine lumberjack
05/13 Interesting creatures at the no-name pond
05/12 Dog at the front door
05/03 Need ID
04/28 Why did the turkeys cross the road?
04/21 Backwoods visitors
04/16 Greenville SC holding pattern
04/01 Local surveillance
03/31 Bog patrol on the march
03/27 Beaver bog winter tour
03/24 Working toward springtime
03/08 fourteen inches
03/03 Where eagles flare
02/23 Winter loon
02/09 Birds of MI [updated]
02/05 Super sunset weekend
01/13 January thaw
01/06 Old to new year weekend

2017

12/24 Christmas eve morning
12/17 Winter approaches the bog
12/02 Start of bog winter
11/25 Uprooted tree medley
11/24 Smithfield plantation walk through
11/18 Pine tree down
11/11 Power to the people
10/25 Way downeast
10/14 The pond at sunset in October
10/10 Trail development
10/07 Mystic Whaler visits MI
10/06 Hummingbird HQ
10/01 Egret on Poggy Bay marsh
09/23 Egret row
09/22 Canadian air force B-team
09/19 Cormorant vs. seagull at the little beach
09/19 Poggy bay heron
09/18 Weekend at Tommy’s
09/04 Loons on the pond
09/03 Boothbay Harbor fun
09/02 Kingfishing and other wildlife
08/25 The least bittern is the best
08/19 Gruesome discovery on the bog
08/11 Best I can do sometimes is not enough
08/06 Maine drought 2
08/05 Summer drought
07/22 Salad bar at the Gregorys
07/07 End of the Alaska cruise
07/02 Alaska cruise map
06/28 The Klondike Gold Rush
06/24 Alaska glacier visit No. 2
06/23 Alaska on tour
06/19 Alaska part 2
06/17 Flying around Alaska
06/06 Walking around Woodbound Inn
06/04 Alaska on the inside
06/02 Family cruise on Lake Contoocook
05/29 Cathedral of the Pines
05/21 Preview of Alaska: Inside Passage Tour
04/17 Beavers survive winter
04/08 Resident Heron on the ice pond
03/25 Water works
03/24 School house road walk
03/24 More birds
03/23 Birds around the island
03/22 Fishing on the ice pond
03/11 We don’t call it the frozen north for nothing
03/03 Turkeys passing through the rough
02/25 Blog dog through the fog
02/24 Osprey remembered
02/19 Long weekend extra effort
02/19 Trekking
02/16 Five storms in ten days
02/10 Sea ducks at Mill river
01/22 Beaver bog from left to right
01/20 Traditional coldest day
01/16 Far bog recon
01/14 Long January weekend
01/08 MI bird count addenda
01/07 The flight of the great blue

2016

12/31 Ice pond duck meeting
12/30 Connecticut birding
12/29 Noank views
12/26 Winter trails
12/23 Winter on the door step
12/10 Hunting Recon briefing
12/03 Latest backwoods recon
11/26 Last day of deer hunting with military grade weaponry
11/22 Reciprocity failure on the back deck
11/20 Hunting season patrols
11/13 Unsuper moon
11/11 Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
11/05 Kennebunkport morning
11/04 Birds around the bog
10/29 Hunting season starts
10/27 Hanging around the back woods
10/26 Descending from above
10/24 Beaver bog sunset foliage
10/22 Birds from the summer
10/16 The drought in Maine
10/14 Rocket into the fall season
10/01 Herring gull? over central Maine
09/26 Mystic summer weekend 3
09/23 The kayakers of Poggy bay
09/22 Miss Kitty walks the plank
09/20 Mystic summer weekend 2
09/20 Mystic summer weekend 1
09/10 Cedar waxwing at the bog
09/03 Dockside fishing
08/31 Boothbay Harbor visit
08/21 Far bog Sunday patrol
08/12 Murphy follows Thoreau into the Maine woods
07/22 Passadumkeag technology tour
07/09 Summer solstice full moon
07/02 No chicks for you
06/25 A visit to the osprey nest
06/11 Mem day wkend 1
06/04 From Mem Day weekend
05/24 Local birding bonanza
05/17 turkey feather
05/13 Backwoods journal 160513
05/06 Woodpeckers
05/05 Another beginning
04/29 Chickadee homestead
04/16 They are horned grebes
04/15 Birds in the neighborhood
03/30 Ice edges
03/26 Last ice
03/18 Remembering Holland
03/13 Far bog patrol
03/05 Marching streams
03/01 the Beaver bog settles out of winter
02/26 More views of the winter
02/20 Wacko weather report
02/14 Paths through the woods
01/30 A.M. snow
01/24 Snow fields
01/23 Little beach and Poggy Bay of 1925
01/16 Time to start a new year
01/12 Poggy bay marina view
01/10 Woodbound journies
01/02 Annual Poggy Bay new year sunset

2015

12/26 More Christmas morning images
12/25 Poggy bay mergansers
12/25 Christmas morning 2015 in Maine
12/24 Happy Christmas and all that jazz
12/22 Bog down time
12/20 End of autumn
12/15 Murphy catches a racoon
12/12 Fog on the bog
12/07 Bog recon
12/05 Deer meet
11/29 Tree stand patrol
11/26 Happy Thanksgiving
11/25 Farthest bog beaver intro
11/24 Nineteen degrees of freedom
11/22 Beavers are back
11/17 John & Murphy walk in the woods
11/14 Autumn woods patrol
11/10 Coastal visit
10/31 Time machine
10/23 A carpet of leaves
10/22 Turkey track
10/10 Peak autumn time
10/07 Nice foliage here this year
10/05 Agent Murphy
10/03 How do you pronounce PILEATED?
10/02 Getting to fall
09/15 More From August in CT
09/12 Labor day weekend
09/06 More weekend past
09/03 Noank views
08/27 Red head
08/23 A pair of jokers
08/19 Found climbing a tree in the backwoods
08/17 There is a smelly dog on my front lawn!
08/16 Weekend views
08/15 Birding and some
08/15 Morning kayak trip
08/13 Sunset over Noank
08/12 Reaching Mystic
08/10 Got her!
08/08 The hummingbird update
08/07 Waiting for the hummingbirds
07/31 Jets over the bog
07/24 Summer work
07/19 Grand Falls
07/10 Birds along the driveway
07/04 Pre-July adventures
06/27 Hummingbirds and squirrels visit Mystic
06/26 Birds and more
06/24 Sunsets at the Parkton farm
06/23 Canoe capsize training
06/21 Maryland vacation update
06/20 Man overboard training
06/07 Great birding weekend
06/05 Into June
05/28 Mem day Sunday
05/27 Mem day weekend
05/25 Memorial Weekend Contoocook
05/17 Upper and lower bogs
05/17 Springing
05/11 Birds around the house
05/09 Saturday in the back
05/02 May two
05/01 May one moon
04/27 Ice pond watching
04/26 Sunset at the little beach
04/20 New season
04/12 Working our way to springtime
04/07 Birds on the weekend
04/06 Looking for Spring
03/14 A winter patrol at last
03/12 Easing through winter
02/16 Blizzard two fifteen fifteen Not
02/13 More snow to go
02/08 February snowing round 2
01/24 Into the woods on a January day
01/23 Hairy woodpecker up high
01/09 New year visit

2014

12/27 Remnants of the Autumn hunt
12/20 Into December
11/30 Snow patrol
11/28 Tree stand
11/27 Thanks for the snow
11/22 Into the woods at hunting season
11/12 Bridges Delta and Echo
11/09 The bridges around the bog
11/08 Proceed to Litchfield, then Turn left
11/01 Halloween sundown
10/21 Fall pause
10/12 Glimpses of Guam 1951
10/11 Grand canyon 1950
10/10 Final on Yellowstone
10/08 Yellowstone part 2
10/05 GWG at Yellowstone 1951
10/05 Immunity records
10/01 The gwg photos
09/28 A variety
09/19 Unusual feather
09/18 Archives
09/15 The battle of Fall River
09/14 The archives are found
09/14 Updates various
08/30 the russians are coming, the russians are … Not
08/29 logging
08/17 Beyond the grid on the Madagascal stream
08/14 no paper crossword solving
08/03 Lobster unusual
07/27 A lifetime of washers
07/26 Porcupine trees
07/25 Bailey island
06/21 more from SC
05/25 Memorial weekend at Monadnock
05/18 Southern birds
05/17 Southern man
03/30 Waking up from hibernation
03/27 Spring back to winter
03/09 Winter scenes
02/22 Feb data
02/01 Groundhog day again
01/19 Winter progresses
01/04 Winter alligator attack
01/03 Winter roads and trails
01/01 Happy new year 2014

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