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!
Bird watching chair becomes bird's watching chair.
With the fresh overnight snow, I saw a lot of bird activity on the front porch.
It has a view of the Oswegatchie River and few bird feeders we put out in the yard.
I'd seen birds out on our chairs before, they walk along the slats as they check out there area, but this time it just appeared as though the bird had day down, leaving a butt print while it relaxed and watched the other birds.
Snow and Ice Walk
Join Tom Vanderwater for a short hike about snow!
Meet at the Indian Creek Nature Center for a snowshoe or walk to study snow and ice. If conditions allow, we’ll take an ice core and investigate snow layers and the recent past as revealed in the layers. Bring a hand lens and your favorite snow poem!
Barred Owl in the Winter Trees
The Barred Owl was hunting on the side of the road. We had passed by in a car and slowed on the other side to grab some photos!
Cardboard Sled Building Workshop
Our 7th annual cardboard sled race is fast approaching!
Join Nature Up North for a cardboard sled-building workshop at the Wachtmeister Field Station. At this workshop, you will learn how to build your own cardboard sled for the race, and we'll have all the materials you'll need! Cardboard, duct tape, plastic bags, glue, and paint are all allowed materials. If you have a box, a color, or plastic bags you want to use, you can bring those with you too.
Cardboard Sled Building Workshop
Our 7th annual cardboard sled race is fast approaching!
Join Nature Up North for a cardboard sled-building workshop at the Wachtmeister Field Station. At this workshop, you will learn how to build your own cardboard sled for the race, and we'll have all the materials you'll need! Cardboard, duct tape, plastic bags, glue, and paint are all allowed materials. If you have a box, a color, or plastic bags you want to use, you can bring those with you too.
First Hike of 2025 - Rainbow Falls!
Join Nature Up North for our first hike of the year!
Charismatic Critters
What would catch your eye more – a photo of a bald eagle or a photo of a freshwater mussel? If both were asking for funding for important conservation work, which would you donate to? For many people the bald eagle is the easy choice. This comes down to the species’ charisma, and some human psychology. Charisma might be something you associate with the recent pop culture term “rizz,” but it can also be considered an attribute of many species. A charismatic species is well-known and popular, and is typically large, somewhat-dangerous, or appealing to humans in some way or another.
Blue-spotted salamander and green frog
While out looking for amphibians I flipped over a log next to the trail. To my surprise this blue-spotted salamander and green frog were right next to each other under the log! This was the first blue-spotted salamander that I've found, and was very exciting.
9th Annual Earth Day 7k Run/Walk
Nature Up North's annual trail run is back!
We're excited to invite you to join us for the 9th Annual Earth Day 7K Trail Run/Walk on Saturday, April 19tht, 2025, at 9:00 am. One of the few annual trail races in the North Country, proceeds from this race benefit local conservation and environmental education initiatives.