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!
Picture perfect Doe
This doe was in a perfect spot for a nice picture. It's one of my favorites. Never leave without your camera, you never know what you will see!
Partial Eclipse of the Sun, Solar Eclipse Event!!
Partial Eclipse of the Sun, Solar Eclipse Event!!
Astronomy and Solar Programming:
12 - 4 pm - Explaining the Eclipse
model demo and video
1:00 pm - Constellation and Star Viewing
in the Starlab Inflatable Planetarium
(will be repeated based on demand)
2:00 pm - Solar Astronomy Crafts
including your own solar pinhole viewer
2:00 to 4:00 pm - Eclipse Viewing
safe, independent viewing for all
3:00 to 4:00 pm - Solar Eclipse Cookies
Raccoon on a Fencepost
I was fixing a fence on our family farm and I came upon a raccoon climbing and peeling the bark down and off of a fence post. I took as many photos as I could before he ran back into the woods.
Deer Truffles in West Stockholm
I was digging in the soil near Hemlock and Yellow birch trees and happened upon these deer truffles, or Elaphomyces species. These are hypogeous fungi, meaning they form their fruiting bodies beneath the leaf litter. Although in the same phylum, these are not the same genus as the gourmet cooking truffles that more people They rely on mammals to dig them up and consume them, dispersing their spores in the feces of the mammals. Some small rodents, such as the Northern Flying Squirrel, rely heavily on fungi in their diet.
Lake Colby Frozen Solid
Right across from Upstate Medical Center just outside Saranac Lake