Forest Society Blog - News & Features

Since it’s so rare, we don’t know what to expect from birds or other wildlife, but we can set aside the idea that animals make a plan or have some innate knowledge for how to respond when the moon suddenly blocks out the sun.

Are your local birds dependent on bird feeders? Are we doing them any great service by providing supplemental food during these coldest months of the year? The general consensus is no. 

Wintering in NH helps bluebirds set up for early arrival of spring.  More bluebirds seem to be overwintering in New Hampshire for various reasons explained here.

The only place you can find them in New England is in certain vernal pools with cold, deep, clean water.

This free series is presented each year at Bretzfelder Memorial Park.

Forests growing at New Hampshire’s highest elevations in the White Mountains experience the most extreme conditions in the Northeast. 

Winter adaptations in other species in New Hampshire have allowed them to flourish in the cold.

Too bad the spruce grouse is so little known, because it’s got to be the most audacious of the gallinaceous...