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Encounters

Boundary

Our local Nature Center Photography Club members came upon this scene when we were walking the trail in July.

The Photography Club at the Nicandri Nature Center meets monthly, and when we were walking a part


Person squatting down next to snapping turtle in a few inches of water.

The heavy rains left over from hurricane Debbie had not raised the level of the Oswegatchie yet,


Bat in the pavement

Walking in to work and spotted this little guy crawling across the sidewalk around 8am.


An extremely wide image of the horizon from a fire tower.

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.

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

As we walked the footbridge over to Falls Island, we noticed a deer at the waters edge eating ber


Sinclair Falls

Water levels were high, very buggy! But perfect for mushrooms!


Paddler in Kayak looking at Great Blue Heron on tree limb.

Nature Up North's float on the Oswegatchie.




Burdock at CCE

Had a great time at the Cornell Cooperative extension bioblitz and saw some gorgeus plants.


While at the CCE bioblitz we found some pretty burdock.


Dog gazing at the sunset from the back of a boat

We decided to take our boat out on the St.


Kingbird looks for food as it's babies in the next wait impatiently.

This was a fantastic spot to view the building of the next, the babies and all of the hunting and


White River Crawfish v American Bullfrog

Twice the frog attempted to swallow the crawfish  by the head, and had to retreat.


Eat your breakfast!

Tree Swallow nestlings getting fed just before fledging.


Barn Swallow fledglings

These recently fledged barn swallows were getting flying and hunting lessons from Mom in my veggi


American Kestrel fledglings await breakfast delivery from Mom

Freshly fledged American Kestrel nestlings awaiting a delivery from mom in the morning sun. 


American Kestrel North America's smallest falcon

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

Beautiful sunset litup the trees at the feild station at the book exchange camp fire!


A small garter snake on the road while biking

Had to stop quick and take a picture of this snake on Judson Street Road.


Northern Clearwater Crayfish held above shore.

After finishing a paddle on the Oswegatchie, I spotted these small Crayfish over the shore by the