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!
Bald Eagle at the Inaugural SLU Birders Meeting
SLU Birders is a new club on campus that I co-founded with a friend this year, aimed at connecting students to the world of birds and avian conservation. Our first meeting was a walk down the Saddlemire Trail to look for birds. We ended up at the horse barn in search of Barn Swallows. We were unsuccessful in this search, but only because we noticed something across the street at the composting grounds-- a Bald Eagle!
Annual Tooley Pond Rd. Waterfall Walk
If you haven't joined us in the past, please consider checking out these amazing waterfalls. Dr. Tom Langen and the St. Lawrence Land Trust will lead a family-friendly tour of waterfalls on Tooley Pond Road on Saturday, September 27th, just in time for the heart of the fall foliage. Participants should meet at the ADK Park sign on the western end of the Tooley Pond Rd. at 8:30 a.m. (about 1.5 miles up the road from Degrasse). The tour should be around 2.5 hours total. We will explore 4 different waterfalls along the road, weather and conditions permitting.
Harts Falls Clean Up Day
On Saturday September 20th from 10am to noon, join the St. Lawrence Land Trust to prep the trails for winter at our Hart's Falls Preserve. We'll clear trails and clean up any remaining summer debris. We'll have tools and equipment, but please bring gloves, and perhaps lunch to enjoy on the Falls. We've installed some new signage and improved the boardwalk - now we just need to do final mow and trimming to get everything just right for Fall. Everyone is welcome.
Barred Owl at Upper and Lower Lakes Wildlife Management Area
While driving in on the road, the owl flew across and set on branch right by the road. Stayed long enough (about 2 min) to slowly exit from my car and get my camera from the hatchback for some nice shots from behind the car on the road.