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We watched--and heard--a broadwing's territorial calls through June and July. He chose the tallest white pine next to our field as his perch in the morning and evenings and sounded off. I assume a nest was hidden nearby. The broadwing is gone; the bear is now in charge of said field. A seasonal...

I've seen this same bear feeding on apples and mountain ash and rooting for grubs on our field every second or third night for the last two weeks or so. He comes around 7 p.m., a hard time to photo given the low light, feeds for about 20 minutes, and then saunters off along the same route. I...

Nice photos! And thanks for not crowding her.

Thanks to all. There are some inetresting leads and ideas here. A few further remarks on why I think these are actual places, even if somewhat idealized. Many of the White Mtn School painters, who, by the way, later painted the Hudson River whether or not they were bona fide members of the...

Can anyone tell me where the vantage point(s) for these 19th c. paintings of the Saco with mountain vistas are? I suspect there are several different sites and that most if not all of them are actual not imagined scenes. That would be consistent with the 19th c. artist's views and practice in...

Hitchcock's 1890 relief map of No. NH restored Big job; big map. It's 12' x 16' and weighs nearly 1.5 tons. I wonder what the one at Pinkham weighs. Anyone know anything about the history of the vogue for these maps? They are produced in lightweight plastic versions now...

Nice job, Steve. Oh my, you've come a very long way from the Watchung Mountains!

They don't call snow "white gold" for nothing!

Case in point: a bear killed my neighbor's dog near its home this morning. Nobody saw the attack, just heard it, but judging from the fact that the dog's (fatal) wounds were on the neck only, this dog must have been faced off with the bear. The dog was a 10 year old female, 40-45 lbs., neither...

From WMNF: "The Valley Way Tentsite, located on the north slope of Mount Madison, will be closed to all use from late morning Sunday August 8 through midday Thursday August 12. During this time Americorps crew members from the NH Conservation Corps will assist the US Forest Service with site...

What are the total SAR costs? What is the total number of hikers in the Whites and where does the figure come from?

Excellent idea, doc! The odor would do nothing to deter thieves, but that hungry pack of bears devouring your car definitely would. The bears will especially appreciate the open-window claw hold, although they know how to get their claws up under the gaskets on closed windows too and pull the...

Way back when, I magic-markered my SSN on any gear of value. Tells you how long ago that was, in the pre-identity theft days. (I'm a whole lot more worried about identity than gear theft btw.) Also tells you how long trailhead parking lot theft has gone on. It's not a new thing. And it happens...

Interesting point, RR. The UL is not the sum total of "Eastern news sources," and it tends to carry S&R stories as often as it can, perhaps because they're red meat to the base audience ("base" in the sense of "core"). Right up here with murder and mayhem. The Concord Monitor carries far fewer...

Thanks, Raymond. Was tempted to claim I wrote it myself, but thought everyone would seen right through that immediately. ~W

. . . is an allegorical book by the French surrealist writer Rene Daumal. I have not read it. It looks like it might be a tough read. But I like this (translated) quotation from it: "You cannot always stay on the summits. You have to come down again... So what’s the point? Only this: what is...

I read somewhere that wasp spray works well on human intruders. It's designed to be deployed from a distance, temporarily blinds, and readily available. I don't know if would deter a bear, however.

Ditto this and Sardog's comment.

Nope, nothing in Franconia today at 1:41 p.m. EDT.

Resolution has been "endangered" for some time; I paid it my final visit on Aug. 17, 2005, because I thought it might come down soon. Lo and behold, it saw almost another five years of use. My diary notes from that last visit had me wondering why it was initially sited where it was: "We...