What's Your Nature?

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Encounters

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Japanese Beetle on leaf, with 4 fly eggs upon it.

I spotted a Japanese Beetle out in the yard on a plant, at first it concerned me a little as I kn


Deer swimming across river.

We were sitting on a dock feeding fish and I saw the young deer at the far bank.


A porcupine resting on a branch in a tree.

I went for a walk on the Saddlemire Trail with my binoculars with the intention of looking for bi


Photo fo purple mushroom on the side of a dead mossy log.

I found this cool mushroom growing off the side of a dead log.


Red Winged blackbird finds a perch on a doe's ear

I was watching for a nesting kestrel pair when I heard a commotion.


Red winged blackbirds defending their nest against an unphased Doe

I was hiding out in the spruce row watching our for our nesting kestrel pair when I heard a commo


Desiccated frog clinging to reed.

Jen notice something in the reeds looking a little different while on a paddle near the outlet of


Bat clinging to bark on tree

We have consistent night time bats that fly over the front and back yards around dusk and beyond.


A Yellow-rumped Warbler perches in a tree holding a bug in its beak.

I went for a birding walk on the Remington Recreational Trail today in order to study for my orni


A Northern Flicker hangs out on some grass at the base of a tree.

We came across this Northern Flicker in the enchanted forest of SLU's campus during my ornitholog


A pileated woodpecker clinging to the bark of an evergreen trunk

The administrative office of the North Country Library System is on the Black River, and is set o


Rabbit Den

A photo shared with me by a student on campus of some rabbit kits in their den.


Hairy Woodpecker on the post of a bird feeder

While at the Earth Day 7k this year I took advantage of the bird feeder at the Wachtmeister Field


Bird taking flight off the water

A pied billed grebe was closer than most of the other birds on this morning, so it became my main


Vibrant pre-dawn colors of sky mirrored on lower lake

I woke up early and heard the loons calling from Lower Lake at Upper and Lower Lake WMA.


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!