Solving Problems with Nature - Naturally
ERIC P. ORFF
Certified Wildlife Biologist
Wildlife Author - Wildlife Lecturer -
Wildlife Photographer
Non-Lethal Control of Bats since 1983
nhfishandwildlif@aol.com
NH Nature
New Hampshire Nature Notes by Eric Orff
Nature Notes for 2006
| Dec 28 | A little ice around the edges, but winter held at bay so far. | read the note  |
| Dec 19 | What weird weather. Wicked warm! Where's winter? | read the note |
| Dec 11 | A flickering candle light sails across the sky. First ice? | read the note |
| Dec 08 | Yee-ha the roller coaster of a fall is in a free fall today, and I'm staring at the bottom. It's snowing! | read the note |
| Nov 30 | Thirty years and counting at NH Fish and Game. | read the note |
| Nov 28 | A newt for Thanksgiving Day | read the note |
| Nov 21 | First skim ice of the winter today, but a warm up is due | read the note |
| Nov 13 | A never ending summer/fall?? | read the note |
| Nov 09 | Another 3.2 inches of rain, the Suncook River floods again. | read the note |
| Nov 02 | Another deluge of rain and leaf stripping winds; Looking a lot like winter woods. | read the note |
| Oct 26 | Cool, cool, cool NH and the moose watch is on. | read the note |
| Oct 24 | Naked New Hampshire | read the note |
| Oct 16 | The Wooly Bear stampede is on! And our first couple of hard frosts. | read the note |
| Oct 11 | The Suncook River is ablaze with color as are the hill sides. | read the note |
| Oct 04 | Of migrating monarchs, gaggling geese and getting the best out of the last summer's day. | read the note |
| Sep 26 | Yee ha, I'm on a wonderful roll going into fall. | read the note |
| Sep 22 | Magnificent monarchs mob Hampton Beach State Park | read the note |
| Sep 16 | A warm rain is falling tonight sending swarms of frogs across our roads. | read the note |
| Sep 14 | Swamp maples in full fall display. | read the note |
| Sep 07 | A brief trip back to summer with a slow roll into fall. | read the note |
| Aug 29 | Cool, calm, silent as we slide into fall. | read the note |
| Aug 24 | Still toadless, katydids on the move and the grand Suncook River tour. | read the note |
| Aug 15 | Standing on top of a school of stripers, and vanishing vernal pools in Epsom. | read the note |
| Aug 06 | Walking through a sea of crickets and grasshoppers. | read the note |
| Aug 04 | Heavenly rain on a very hot earth. | read the note |
| Jul 28 | A 30th anniversary for me and returning threatened mussels to the Suncook River. | read the note |
| Jul 26 | I remain toadless here but have seen them elsewhere and some great fishing fun. | read the note |
| Jul 19 | Bring on the toads. Where are the toads? Suddenly, they are not here! | read the note |
| Jul 12 | The prehistoric looking Suncook River and tracking turkeys. | read the note |
| Jul 07 | Summer sounds (stillness) stripers and a new sand bar. | read the note |
| Jun 29 | A goose in hand and a deer a day the last week or more. | read the note |
| Jun 28 | An inch of rain Monday has put the Suncook River into a low flood condition. | read the note |
| Jun 19 | Got Geese? And it's a jungle out there. | read the note |
| Jun 16 | Fishing and watching and working with real flying fishermen. | read the note |
| Jun 09 | A nice snaky day. | read the note |
| Jun 08 | Yesterday's rain brings my gauge to 2.2 inches, and the river floods the corn field yet again as it runs brown. | read the note |
| Jun 01 | The Suncook River draws me near again. | read the note |
| May 31 | The tree frogs own the night, and first fire flies. | read the note |
| May 25 | Sand,silt, more muddy waters and less water in the exposed channels. | read the note |
| May 23 | A week and a day since the Suncook River changed course the river still runs chocolate. | read the note |
| May 18 | The Day the Suncook River Flowed Upstream During The Great Mother’s Day Flood of 2006! | read the note |
| May 16 | A day with an environmental catastrophe on the Suncook River! | read the note |
| May 15 | The Suncook runs chocolate. | read the note |
| May 10 | Toads and peepers dominate the night sounds in a sea-saw fashion. | read the note |
| May 04 | Turkeys, ducks, geese, red efts, a toad orgy and the biggest snapping turtle I have ever seen. Top it off with toads trilling tonight. Life is good! | read the note |
| Apr 30 | Glorious Spring! | read the note |
| Apr 27 | It's hot, hot, hot in Florida and cool, cool, cool here. Not much for birds or bees to see. | read the note |
| Apr 20 | Ducks, geese and a whole truck load of turtles. | read the note |
| Apr 18 | Heading headlong into summer it seems. | read the note |
| Apr 13 | Ducks at dawn and the spring drought continues. | read the note |
| Apr 10 | Frogs galore and more this week. | read the note |
| Apr 02 | Katie's first fish today and salamanders on the move Saturday night. | read the note |
| Mar 31 | A trip to see the Washington D.C. cherry blossoms and more. | read the note |
| Mar 27 | This one will be called | read the note |
| Mar 24 | A winter/spring drought and a slew of salamanders soon to be slipping across our roads. | read the note |
| Mar 17 | Here's to spring! | read the note |
| Mar 12 | Sun spring and lots of outdoor time. | read the note |
| Mar 07 | Seeping sap, it's spring..yess! | read the note |
| Mar 01 | Deer, ducks and more ducks this week. | read the note |
| Feb 22 | Thankfully a turkey day. | read the note |
| Feb 15 | Snow to Sun to No Snow. | read the note |
| Feb 08 | No snow and none in sight! | read the note |
| Feb 01 | Turkeys have come home to roost; and where's winter? | read the note |
| Jan 25 | Where's winter? | read the note |
| Jan 17 | The temp dropped to two, time for venison stew. | read the note |
| Jan 13 | Spring-like conditions and a couple of "bass hogs" attempt to ruin a nice morning of fishing. | read the note |
| Jan 10 | Counting ducks this way and that. | read the note |
| Jan 04 | A day of unexpected memories. | read the note |