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Encounters

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Pied Billed Grebe in the water with mist rising all around

I woke up to see mist rising from the Oswegatchie, so I went out to sit on a milkcrate for an hou


Wilson's Snipe at edge of river.

Wilson's snipe was out by mud where the river had receded recently.




An American Crow sits on a branch of a dead tree with blue sky in the background and another dead tree in the foreground.

I saw this American Crow while on a walk on the Saddlemire Trail today.


Bullfrog

On a walk in the yard between the river and wetlands, this Bullfrog was sitting motionless.


Purple crocus flowers surrounded by snow

The crocuses are blooming!


A group snowshoeing down Rainbow Falls Trail

These photos are from Nature Up North's first hike event of 2025, a snowshoe to Rainbow Falls.


Adolescent Porcupine

These are photos shared with me by a community member, Blair Madore, who was snowshoeing the Kip


Coyote on the snow looking towards the camera.

I was visiting the dike area at Upper Lower Lake WMA and very little was to be seen, but with the


snowy view of nordic trials on SLU golf course

We had a gorgeous 6" of wet snow last night and the groomed nordic trails on the SLU golf course


A Barred Owl perched on a wire with trees in the background.

While driving around looking for birds with a friend, we got lucky and spotted this Barred Owl pe


A Bald Eagle looks at the camera from it's perch in a tree

With the Upper and Lower Lakes frozen over, the section of Oswegatchie bordering it has become a


a merganser with a fish is being watched by two others without

A group of common merganser have made this section of the Oswegatchie their temporary home for th


Long-tailed Weasel

Along Lowland Trail at Indian Creek Nature Center.


A canopy of pine trees with blue sky behind them.

I took this picture while cross-country skiing at Higley Flow for the first time.


sunset over the lake

A beautiful sunset on mountain view lake.


A cute chickadee

A lovely day of skiing at higley.


Slatted chair with snow on it shows imprint of birds feet and butt.

With the fresh overnight snow, I saw a lot of bird activity on the front porch. 


Barred Owl

The Barred Owl was hunting on the side of the road.


A blue spotted salamander and a green frog next to each other in the dirt.

While out looking for amphibians I flipped over a log next to the trail.


Doggy Snow Angels

Indiana Jones just loves the first real snow he can make snow Angels in!!