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I startled a baby fawn with the mower,,it was hiding in the brush,,I didn’t see it,,,at which point the baby ran away,,although wobbly,,at least 50 ft from where it was hiding,,,my question ,,will the mother be able to find her baby

When I was a young teen my family spent a lot of weekends camping a Jigger Johnson campground and I stalked many of the small streams in the area, dipping #14 nymphs is pockets of water on Douglas, Downes, Olivarian, Rob, and White Brooks, plus the Swift River.  Back then, in the late 1960’s and early 1970;s, there were lots of 6: brookies in those waters, along with the rare 8” lunker.  Beaver ponds and the deep corner pool on the Swift River offered up some bigger brookies and the occasional sucker in the slower water between the Passaconaway and Jigger Johnson campgrounds.

Good memories!

I just found an isolated intact egg in my front yard. NO nests nearby.  I think maybe one of my dogs brought it carefully home.  I identified it as a turkey egg from online pictures.  Your description of nesting sites was very helpful.  There are many such places in our wild field/forested back yard.  I wonder if this egg is still vital, what should I do with it?

Can you please share the article that had the Minnesota toad mortality study?

I was born & raised in northern NH, I love NH! I hope that people who continue to enjoy our beautiful state, leave it how they visited it OR BETTER! I love the wildlife in our state most of all. Thank you Shaun for bringing that wildlife that a lot of people can’t get out to see, to life for them. The stunning photos you take show just how beautiful these wonderful animals are!

I love nettles! In the spring I collect leaves and stems and steam. Then just pop in my mouth to eat or add to food processer to make pesto. I also love drinking the leftover water - very nutritive.

New York has established a policy whereby any trout stream demonstrating natural reproducing brook trout in the headwaters is banned from receiving hatchery reared trout.

So glad I found this article. I have in my possession, 7 wild turkey eggs. The mother was killed when she was hit by a mower on a farm my husband works on. They were mowing hay. Apparently, she refused to leave the nest and the guy on the mower never saw her. I don’t understand why she didn’t leave. It seems she would have been flushed and once the eggs were exposed, would have laid a new clutch elsewhere. When I initially talked to a rehabber, I was lectured about how its illegal to incubate their eggs (which I expected). It requires a license. I have since been given the okay by another rehabber to incubate. She will take any poults that may hatch.

As a retired R. M .G. Brook Trout is the most popular game fish to be had, Salmon a second. Fishermen always want to know where is the best fishing place/lake to fish. This is an awesome article on game fish brook trout/on all F&G State department do. More readers should pass on this article information to Anglers in their State, and their club’s meetings. Thank you. M.A.P.

Interesting questions. Does drawing the maximum amount of sap speed drying of the lumber when the tree is cut down?

Maybe a bit harsh, but you could use the branches of the tree to boil its own sap into syrup.

We have a chickadee that claimed one of our bird houses.  However, even though there is the beginning of a nest inside, this bird seems to be alone.  It sits at the house, flies on the top or side of it and chirps, like it’s calling the mate.  No other bird ever shows up.  It has been doing this every day, all day for a week now.  It’s odd behavior.  Could the mate have been injured or killed?  Is it simply trying to find a mate?  I would like to know.

This tuneful warbler is so abundant in our area of central to midcoast Maine that I hear their songs as I am driving country roads at 40 + mph. Thank goodness for the joyful song of the Black-throated Green, and thank you for you story, Lee Emmons.

I am thrilled,I have two males using my yard for the first time.They are so beautiful,I had a good laugh watching one of them learning to drink water from the feeder.I am curious to know if Orioles will Rob other birds nests?straight23

To my mind, the bird’s song sounds like “I’m a Black-Throated Green” which is very handy for my memory!

It was an insightful and interesting article. I learned a lot. Thanks!

I’m hoping that you could help me with some information or a direction I should go in. I recently purchased some back country land. Needless to say while out exploring said property, I came across quite a few trees with burls on them. Is it worth my time to cut them down? I would attach some picks but I’m not sure how. Thank you so much for any help you might provide.

First time for me to have Orioles. There are 2 pair that come and eat at my hummingbird feeders. I’ve been putting slices of orange out for them. They do love the orange.
Loved reading your article. Thank you for sharing.

Beautifully written & filled with joyful insights that provide a keyhole view into a local swamp.  That Garry made me want to stumble through to find this place because of his wordsmithing is impressive ❤️  Going to miss seeing you at Coastal Roasters every Saturday, Garry.

I walked on the road, in the Berkshires, just Friday, May 20th, 2021 with my dog Wellesley. He had more than 80 ticks on this body. I used a tick/flea preventative just one month ago but wonder of the effectiveness of these drugs. I have walked my dog on the same road for over 10 years and never saw anything like that! Definitively an area to check carefully when one walks dogs…

Hello, I have a live sunk under my building in which I run my business so it is a truly terrible situation. Any loud noise and the smell is immediately horrendous and I am forced to close my store for several days or more. I’ve had several wildlife control experts come out and they can find no entry or exit points around my building. My business is on a street close right on the sidewalk. it is in a very old historic district. my question is…can there be access under my building several yards from a sewer system running under the street? No one has been able to determine how it is getting in the crawl space! We are facing having to tear up our floors.
Live Traps have been set around the perimeter to no avail. Please provide any opinions on my terrible problem. Thank you