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06/27/2025

We received a pretty unusual trail camera picture featuring two mature black bears together, a “sow” followed by a very large “boar,” and had to share!

You can really see how the boar, or male bear, has a heavier build around the head and shoulders. The way his ears and nose look tiny set against that big head are also good clues. The female bear, or sow, looks a little less hefty around the head and shoulders. A few more helpful field marks are how her nose and ears look bigger relative to the whole head than the boar's do.

Black bears mate from May through July in Vermont, and a boar and sow will travel together during that window. Other than mating season, most times you see bears together will be a sow and her young… so this scene is a neat, relatively rare capture!

📷 Thanks to an Addison County resident for sharing!

06/06/2025

06/03/2025

Discover your next passion. Free fishing day is Saturday, June 7th 🎣

04/23/2025

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04/19/2025

04/19/2025

I’m in Concord this morning to participate in the 250th anniversary celebrations! These two images show the view from the top of Old Hill Burying Ground on April 19, 1775, and the same scene exactly 250 years later.

The top image is an engraving that was produced in the spring of 1775, showing the British redcoats marching through the town center of Concord, Massachusetts. The engraving was produced by Amos Doolittle, a colonial militiaman who sketched the battlefields of Lexington and Concord several weeks after the battles, which had marked the start of the American Revolution.

The red building in the distant center of the engraving is Wright Tavern, which was used by the British as their temporary headquarters as they searched for colonial munitions that were hidden in the town.

TodY, some of the buildings are still standing here, including Wright Tavern, which is partially visible beyond the trees in the center of the photo.

Engraving courtesy of the New York Public Library.

04/16/2025

The events include a reenactment of Paul Revere’s ride in Boston on Friday, and reenactments of the Battles of Lexington and Concord this weekend Dozens of events are planned in Boston, Lexington, Concord and other Massachusetts communities this week as part of the 250th anniversary of the first b...

03/05/2025

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