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

Boundary

a beautiful sunset for the beautiful North Country

Another beautiful reminder that we are blessed to live in the best place on Earth. 


Colorful sunset over a body of water

Sunset from my backyard, on the Grasse River in Massena, NY.


Banded kingfisher

Driving along the Oswegatchie river, I saw something white.


Sun Breaks through clouds by the golf course

canoes, shed, at a bank on the lake

The waters were a little windy, which made canoeing a little bit more difficult than originally p


ROOTS

This is a fallen tree on the Lampson Falls trial. Such a beautiful piece of nature 


Waterfall and Autumn leaves

The water was roaring and so amazing.


Taking out the orange raft to paddle cranberry lake with a group of people who quickly became friends!

Got out on the water and paddled cranberry lake with a group!


Picture of sunset through the trees on Lake Ontario

I went camping in Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario in 2021 over Memorial Day Weekend.


Sunset

Peaceful Sky


Fawn

The fields  are full of babies


Deer on Peter Van deWater Trail

A very unwary deer encountered us on Peter Van de Water Walking Trail in Canton.


Toad squats in bird house

A toad climbed far up to an abandoned bird house.


Mouse

Sweet little mouse looking for a morsel was relocated to an area where there would be plenty of f


Eagles take an osprey nest.

Just happened along the eagles sitting in the osprey nest before the ospreys returned.


Racoon encounter in my front yard.

I was humbled that she allowed her picture taken without judgement.


Sitting watching the sun go down as we were fishing on the St Lawrence River

This was such a beautiful site .


This was such an amazing site. Fresh morning dew covered this beautiful flower and it had a tiny little bug collecting nectar

This was a breath taking experience! Fresh morning dew all over the flowers .


Brick church in Potsdam on the Island

This was such a beautiful site as I was walking along the trail across from this gorgeous buildin


sunset looking over the lake

Sunset Hike on Mount Arab, lots of bugs, but the view was worth it.