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!

American Robin

They are back and out in full force! I have yet to find a nest but I am still searching!

Bursting Buds

Budding Sugar Maple's are bittersweet, in more ways than one! Spring is coming but the sugaring season and the winter are now things of the past.

Morning Loon

Always one of my favorite sights. The crew team had some motor boats out so we only heard the loon's distress call before it slipped into the river and I lost sight of it for the rest of the day.

Lone Canada Goose

An early morning out with the crew team on the St. Lawrence gave me the opportunity to snap this guy as he came in, flying low along the water. Yet another sign of spring!

Beaver repairing dam

We set up a game camera on the edge of a beaver dam and made a very modest leak in the dam. In the photos, you see the original state of the dam, then the beaver working on repairing it, plus a couple of canada geese we caught on the game cam as well (I'm leaving out the photos we accidentally took of ourselves). Do you have a game camera? We'd love to see what neat wildlife photos you've captured around here!

More flower buds!

I can't wait for all of these flowers to grow!

Morning at Upper and Lower Lakes

A beautiful spring morning at Upper and Lower Lakes wildlife refuge 5 miles from Canton. Lots of bird activity and an angry beaver - smacked its tail at me 3 times before taking off. Nice day to be out.

Spring flower buds!

Spring flowers are popping up outside the Admissions building!!!

Whiteface from Killburne Slide

Landscape Photo

This is a photo of Whiteface Mountain from the top of Killburne Slide in the Adirondack High Peaks. I like this photo because it is simply a great view of one of the highest peaks in the Adrondacks. The habitat is alpine hardwood forest.