Hi Mike,

They've been around for the UV for at least the past decade. I've seen them DOR on I-91, RT 113, and on Academy Road in Thetford. The first VT record was in 1944, in the Champlain Valley, but that half of the state is lower and warmer than our half.

Ted


On Jan 17, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Michael Choukas Jr. wrote:

> I meant to add that I have lived in this town since 1929 and that is the first I have ever seen in the Upper Valley.
> 
> M
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>  As I write this at 5:00 PM Friday, the 17th, an opossom is sniffing around at the bottom of the pole that holds my sunflower feeder.  I live in residential Hanover two blocks from the College gymnasium!
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> We have deer in our yard every night but this is a first!
> 
> Mike
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