New Hampshire Wildlife News
by Certified Wildlife Biologist, Eric P. Orff

New Hampshire Nature Notes 2006
by Eric Orff

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

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