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1 week ago | 
nhpr.org | Dave Anderson |Chris Martin |Jessica Hunt
Turtles are on the move in New Hampshire this time of year, in search of nesting grounds. It's a high risk time for pregnant females if they have to cross roads to find a good spot. With New Hampshire Audubon’s Chris Martin out in the field, co-host Dave Anderson talks with Drew Stevens and Dallas Huggins, founders and licensed wildlife rehabilitators with New Hampshire Turtle Rescue, based in Nottingham.
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3 weeks ago | 
nhpr.org | Dave Anderson |Chris Martin
Imagine yourself on a walk in the woods. It’s early spring; tiny tree flowers are clinging to branches. A nearby stream quietly gurgles and peepers pepper the air. Idyllic, right? Then, all of a sudden….a buzz, a swarm, and paradise lost! Well, think again! Maybe it’s not lost but assured. That buzz? It is everyone’s favorite bug to hate this time of year: the black fly.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Chris Martin |Dave Anderson |Jessica Hunt
Here’s a fun quiz to celebrate bird nesting season in New Hampshire. Listen to this episode and see how many bird nests you can identify, just by hearing a description!Bird species choose different spots for their nests, and make the nests out of a variety of materials. But WHY they make these choices is complicated. There may be as many different reasons as there are different types of birds!Nest materials vary with the plant materials available locally.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Dave Anderson |Chris Martin |Jessica Hunt
Have you ever walked or paddled along a riverbank, and noticed a towering tree with deeply-furrowed gray bark and huge bright green leaves that flutter in the breeze like butterfly wings? If so, you’ve probably met the Eastern Cottonwood. The poplars are a few of New England’s amazing tree pioneers. Cottonwoods, along with related big-toothed and trembling Aspens, aren’t always given much respect, yet they are unsurpassed at what they do.
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2 months ago | 
nhpr.org | Dave Anderson |Chris Martin |Jessica Hunt
If you’re a new transplant to New Hampshire, you might not have noticed our other "foliage season.” Each spring, tiny tree flowers and swelling buds, ready to burst, paint a subtle wash of early pastel color across our hillsides and wetlands. Colorful twigs are not as exuberant as flower blossoms. We don't get bright March cherry blossoms like Washington, D.C. Maybe we try to compare our northern surroundings to warmer climes too soon and feel inadequate.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
wbur.org | Chris Martin |Dave Anderson |Jessica Hunt
New Hampshire has two species of grouse. You’re probably familiar with the ruffed grouse; it lives in woodlands throughout the state. But there’s another grouse found in the Granite State that few people have ever seen. “Too bad the spruce grouse is so little known, because it’s got to be the most audacious of the gallinaceous,” says Dave Anderson, co-host of NHPR’s Something Wild. Gallinaceous refers to chicken-like birds, including both grouse and wild turkey.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Chris Martin |Dave Anderson |Jessica Hunt
“As a birder, when I see a beaver lodge, I know I might also get to see a kingfisher on the watery edge of the pond, or maybe a bittern lurking in the cattails,” says Chris Martin of New Hampshire Audubon. “Beaver dams create an entire ecosystem that allows birds, insects and other animals to flourish.”That’s why beavers are a keystone species — their presence improves habitat. People generally like beavers, but they can be hard to appreciate if your basement or yard is being flooded by a beaver.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
argyllbute24.co.uk | Darren Adams |Chris Martin |Gordon Neish
Dunoon’s Ardnahein Care Home proudly celebrated its achievements at the Care Home Summer Olympics, recently held with competitors from across the Highlands and Argyll and Bute. On October 28, the home was honoured with four prestigious awards, recognising the hard work and dedication of its residents and staff.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Chris Martin
“Birds do some amazing things,” says NH Audubon raptor biologist Chris Martin, co-host of Something Wild, “and migration is at the top of that list.”Scott Weidensaul is a naturalist and ornithologist now living in New Hampshire who is involved in several research projects focusing on bird migration. He has written more than 30 books on natural history, including “Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
nhpr.org | Chris Martin
As we continue our series exploring thoughtfully designed hiking trails that allow people of varying ability to access our state's natural beauty, Something Wild is at the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Greenland, N.H. NH Audubon’s Chris Martin, co-host of Something Wild, was eager to visit this ecosystem. “It's different than the other ones we've seen recently - it goes across a salt marsh.”Our guide is Kelle Laughlin, director at the great Bay Discovery Center.
