What's Your Nature?
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Sunrise on Mt. Arab
As the fog cleared from the lower elevations, it left behind a layer of frost on the trees. I like to imagine it was snow.
Wednesday Woods Walk at the Nicandri Nature Center
Join Nicandri Nature Center naturalist and trails manager Joel Danko every Wednesday this fall through Memorial Day for a guided walk of our trails! Enjoy trekking the trails and learning about the names, habits, and habitats of the plants and animals found in Robert Moses State Park! Dress for the weather! Free!
Young naturalists visit the St. Lawrence Sustainability Program
Have you ever attended a nature walk that included tree hugging, candy and a human-sized emerald ash borer? Thanks to the nine students participating in the St. Lawrence Sustainability Program this fall, 20 girl scouts from the Canton and Hermon-deKalb have. This nature-based lesson took place at the Sustainability Farm and focused on teaching the girl scouts about sustainability, invasive species, and the carbon cycle.
Greenwood falls high water
With the crazy amount of rain we received this week,Greenwood falls (Pitcairn) was running high & hard.
First snow of the season
Just a quick hike up Cranberry Lake's Bear Mountain. Temps were in the 30's, and not another soul around. I always enjoy the first snow hike of the season.
SLU Orienteering Course Launch 2017
The permanent St. Lawrence Orienteering Course officially launched Friday, November 3rd! The course begins at the Wachtmeister Field Station, near the Kip Trail, and highlights some of the interesting geologic features in the surrounding forest. Thanks to everyone who came out to test the course, despite wetter than wanted conditions. We enjoyed seeing students and community members share map and compass skills and bond over a shared appreciation for time spent out wandering the woods.
Marcy: Slacker Cracker/The Great Chimney/All Ryled Up
http://www.summitpost.org/marcy-s-great-chimney-aka-empty-tomb-all-ryle…
Three rock climbs on Mt. Marcy. Full details above.
One of the best kept backcountry secrets is a large vertical trap dike capped with a diagonal car-sized capstone on Mt. Marcy. It is set in a northeastern facing cliff deep in Panther Gorge and looks like a pencil-thin shadow from the summit of Mt. Haystack. This is Marcy’s Great Chimney.
Strange domestic wild boy
walking to the neighbors to find a strange boy in the wild climbing a new tree.
Froggy, rainy day
We found frogs everywhere along the trail along a rainy day, with this large Bull Frog.
Beavers Enjoy an Evening Dinner
Had a pleasant evening time alone with a pair of beavers in the Upper and Lower Lakes WMA area in Canton. The beavers were diving to the pond bottom to pull up what I believe were the tubers of water lily plants and were then munching them while floating on the pond surface. The beavers had absolutely no concerns about my presence and so I was able to take many photos of them. A beautiful sunset enhanced the experience.