What's Your Nature?
Become a Nature Up North explorer to share your encounters with wild things and wild places in New York's North Country. Post your wildlife sightings, landscape shots, photos from your outings, and even your organization's events!
Encounters
![An extremely wide image of the horizon from a fire tower.](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-07/240219757_4047138598746206_4660858929918779344_n.jpg?itok=PpVPseA4)
I may have the tower wrong, as we visited Azure and Cathedral the same week.
![Wide angle image of women in fire tower with thousands of acres of trees in distance.](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-07/240397770_4047134735413259_4998421966459345557_n.jpg?itok=nqm6kvhN)
I may have this swapped up with Azure, but I believe this was the trip we took up to the top of C
![Deer eating berries viewed from bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-07/IMG_20240719_203944794~2.jpg?itok=Nb707qff)
As we walked the footbridge over to Falls Island, we noticed a deer at the waters edge eating ber
![Burdock at CCE](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-07/flower_0.jpg?itok=ixxNMfjo)
Had a great time at the Cornell Cooperative extension bioblitz and saw some gorgeus plants.
This was a fantastic spot to view the building of the next, the babies and all of the hunting and
![Barn Swallow fledglings](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-06/20240618-JLS02153A.jpg?itok=apevhLxt)
These recently fledged barn swallows were getting flying and hunting lessons from Mom in my veggi
![American Kestrel fledglings await breakfast delivery from Mom](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-06/20240628-JLS03225.jpg?itok=A_1nUkMt)
Freshly fledged American Kestrel nestlings awaiting a delivery from mom in the morning sun.
![American Kestrel North America's smallest falcon](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-06/20240626-JLS02233.jpg?itok=e2X0_Kvv)
While on my morning walk to check our various bird boxes, I heard a commotion in the veggie garde
![Sunset lighting up tops of trees at community campfire](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-06/20240627_204043.jpg?itok=tj7I4KcM)
Beautiful sunset litup the trees at the feild station at the book exchange camp fire!
![A small garter snake on the road while biking](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-06/20240619_085458.jpg?itok=uklBzSic)
Had to stop quick and take a picture of this snake on Judson Street Road.
![Northern Clearwater Crayfish held above shore.](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-06/Crawfish%20NUN_0.jpg?itok=3mtUxDDR)
After finishing a paddle on the Oswegatchie, I spotted these small Crayfish over the shore by the
![A great blue heron with a fish in its mouth.](/sites/default/files/styles/100px_cropped_square/public/2024-06/Troy%20Parla%20-%20Great%20Blue%20Heron.jpg?itok=AnyRbETC)
This photo was taken by Rensselaer Falls resident Troy Parla in Heritage Park, Canton.