Now that we're past the autumnal equinox, shorter days mean sunrise occurs at a more agreeable hour to experience the wonders the dawn of a new day bestows upon us. | Mist rises from Wicwas shortly before 7:00am. | | Chemung State Forest. | Dew collects h... See more
We spent this week walking on the bits of the White Mountains that found their way some 200 miles south to Cape Cod. As the glacier that covered New Hampshire 20,000 years ago slowly worked its way southward, it ground huge amounts of rock into fine sand ... See more
| Blob on a Stick: Magnificent Bryozoa (Pectinatella magnifica) | I've seen these before and always think they're an amphibian's egg mass - frog, salamander - before remembering no, it's the wrong location and the wrong time of year for eggs. | The colony... See more
On a recent hike to Mt. Chocorua I passed through a rare natural habit, so rare in fact that it's recognized by the N.H. Natural Heritage Bureau as a critically imperiled (S1) natural community due to its small population and limited habitat. It's the Jac... See more
This week I took a slow paddle around the edges of the lake exploring the late summer shoreline vegetation. I was also looking for purple Bladderwort blooming, but it was the wrong time of day as these aquatic plants seem to bloom early in the morning. Bu... See more
