Some warblers return again and again to the same territory to nest. Banding records show that both a redstart and a black-throated blue warbler returned to central New Hampshire nine years in a row. They each weigh in at 8 or 9 grams and winter in the Caribbean / Mother whitetails with twin fawns are keeping them in separate hiding places / Star nosed moles give birth. They prefer wet areas and are excellent swimmers

June bugs (they’re really beetles) throw themselves at window screens about this time of year / The first deerflies are looking for you / This month female snapping turtles are looking for nest sites in loose, light soil or in gravel. If you need to move one off the road, pick it up gently by the tail and hold it away from your legs / First batch of bluebirds are fledging / Wood turtles, the ones with roughly sculptured shells, are laying their 4 to 18 eggs

The skunk spray clinging to your foolish pooch contains sulfur-based compounds called thiols, which are also found in garlic and onions. Researchers have discovered that skunk spray is highly flammable / Northern ring-necked snakes are laying eggs in or under rotten logs or under stones. Several females may use the same nest / The cedar waxwing nests being built now typically incorporate green moss, as well as many other plant materials

The relatively short wingspan of little brown bats increases their maneuverability, enabling them to forage in forests. They are more easily seen hunting over open areas and ponds, catching a wide variety of flying insects / Bullfrogs mate in June and July. Most tadpoles will not transform into adults until next summer / White pine leaders that are infested with the white pine weevil will soon be easy to see. Corrective pruning can be done at any time