Blue Feather Farm

Blue Feather Farm Hi everyone! This is the page for Dan Wenny and Wendy Gibbons, the new owners of the blueberry and Christmas tree farm at 133 West St. in Antrim.

We will also be doing natural area monitoring and management on our property as a biological field station.

Well, it has been an interesting spring, and it still is, I suppose, with at least a few more weeks for unexpected thing...
06/07/2026

Well, it has been an interesting spring, and it still is, I suppose, with at least a few more weeks for unexpected things to happen! In the meantime, I have been meaning to post some updates about the farm, the blueberries, and the bird banding.

Here is what the berry bushes and the flowers looked like as of May 30th. I am curious to see whether the thunderstorm last night finished off the flowers. Updates to come soon!

05/11/2026

Free Clothing Day is this Tuesday! On May 12th from 5-7pm middle and high schoolers from across the region are invited to come stock up on clothes for spring/summer! It's FREE! If you're looking for smaller sizes, there's also going to be a children's clothing day happening the same day/time in The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center! It will be a clothing extravaganza at 4 Aiken Street! If you have gently used spring/summer clothes to donate, the last day for clothing drop offs is tomorrow (Monday) from 9am-1pm at the Grapevine office or 4-6pm at Avenue A (4 Aiken St, Antrim)!

It feels good to have the blueberry bushes all fertilized and (mostly) pruned for the season. Pruning seems to be a bit ...
04/06/2026

It feels good to have the blueberry bushes all fertilized and (mostly) pruned for the season. Pruning seems to be a bit endless…but these scrawny looking characters are well on their way to metamorphosing into lush greenery and juicy berries!

We had a very quiet day of bird banding today, with just two birds. We opened late due to the cold temperatures, and the...
11/02/2025

We had a very quiet day of bird banding today, with just two birds. We opened late due to the cold temperatures, and the windy weather made the mist nets more visible to the birds. But we still had a fun morning, with a bald eagle and red-tailed hawk flying over the farm, as well as the recapture of a female cardinal from last week. She almost exactly matched the delicious pumpkin cupcakes brought by one of our faithful volunteers!

All bird banding is conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Bird Banding Laboratory.

It has been an interesting fall at the BFF Banding Station. We have seen waves of migrants followed by very quiet days, ...
10/06/2025

It has been an interesting fall at the BFF Banding Station. We have seen waves of migrants followed by very quiet days, perhaps due to the extremely dry weather. Here are two pictures from yesterday, illustrating wonderfully the range of species we get: a Blue Jay, with populations that live at the farm most of the year, but may move south for part of the winter depending on the size of the acorn crop, and a Palm Warbler, which we never see at the farm except during spring or fall migration. Both do breed in New Hampshire, however, with Palm Warblers actually increasing their population over the past 40 years or so. Palms are among the last warblers to migrate south in the fall! Both are lovely birds to observe and learn from, and apparently both find the farm to be useful and valuable habitat that helps them thrive despite challenging climate conditions! (photo credit: Bretty Amy Thelen)

Sometimes when I am out pruning the blueberry bushes in the middle of a chilly February day, I kind of talk to them like...
08/11/2025

Sometimes when I am out pruning the blueberry bushes in the middle of a chilly February day, I kind of talk to them like people (stay with me, folks, I promise I am going somewhere with this). After all, what else are you going to do while dragging gigantic branches over frozen ground for hours??

So, running with the bushes are people too theme, here, our blueberries are definitely having the last laugh this summer as the CONTINUE to ripen more berries! I’m sorry if you are tired of me posting about blueberries, but I just hate to see them go to waste. I thought for sure the green berries that remained would never ripen with so little rain and so much heat, but here’s what they had to say to me this morning! Definitely laughing. The birds were laughing too. It was very humiliating.

Well, it's been an amazing season for our blueberry bushes, and we really want to thank everyone who has supported our f...
08/04/2025

Well, it's been an amazing season for our blueberry bushes, and we really want to thank everyone who has supported our farm by purchasing pounds and pints, sharing your 50/50 splits, and passing along encouraging words! The bushes in the middle of the patch do still have berries, but most are unripe at the current time. You are welcome to come check them out, and perhaps there will still be enough berries here and there for a small pie, but overall, I suspect this season is winding down.

Hopefully everyone had their fill! I know some of you have a freezer full and will be enjoying them in the months to come. See you next year (or earlier if you come check out our Christmas trees in November or December). Hard to imagine such a thing right now with everything so green. Thanks again!

Berries are continuing to look good this morning. Don't let the birds eat them all!
08/01/2025

Berries are continuing to look good this morning. Don't let the birds eat them all!

We can't band this hatch year ruffed grouse as it is a game species. But we took some data just for the record. Check ou...
07/28/2025

We can't band this hatch year ruffed grouse as it is a game species. But we took some data just for the record. Check out the camouflage of those beautiful neck feathers!

This house wren was caught in our lower Christmas tree patch today. Maybe someone will find a nest in their tree this ye...
07/28/2025

This house wren was caught in our lower Christmas tree patch today. Maybe someone will find a nest in their tree this year?

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133 West Street
Antrim, NH
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