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Indian Creek Nature Center
Fall Trail Workday at Indian Creek Nature Center
Join INCN Board members for a workday to help clean up the Nature Center from summer storms and get it ready for the winter. Tools will be supplied, or you can bring your own. There is always plenty of work for all!
Stargazing at Indian Creek Nature Center
Take a tour of the autumn constellations with an evening of star gazing. We’ll view the sky using a telescope and the unaided eye. We'll explore the mythology behind some of the constellations, and view star clusters, the Andromeda galaxy, and the planet Saturn. Feel free to bring your own binoculars.
Rain Date: October 11
Nature Knowledge - Indian Creek Nature Center
Are plants out to get you?
Explore how to stay safe in nature by learning about some of the most common plants you want to avoid while in the woods, and common remedies for encountering them.
Join us at the Indian Creek Nature Center for the second of four Nature Knowledge Summer Program Series!
This is in partnership with the Nicandri Nature Center, Nature Up North, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
(Not every program is at the Indian Creek Nature Center, each partner will hold one of the programs, see the poster above for details)
Spring Wildflowers at ICNC
Spring ephemerals should be in full bloom and trees will be getting ready to leaf out at the Wildflower Loop; join botanist Anne Johnson at the East Entrance for an enjoyable springtime stroll around the loop and beyond.
World Migratory Bird Day - Every Bird Counts!
This program is co-sponsored by Northern New York Audubon, led by Mary Beth Warburton. The theme of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day is: “Every bird counts - your observations matter”. Join ornithologist Susan Willson, Eileen Wheeler, and Mary Beth Warburton for a morning of enjoying migrants and ICNC resident species. Meet at the main entrance. Bring your own binoculars or borrow them from the Center.
Leaders: Dr. Susan Willson, bird ecologist and SLU Assoc. Professor; Eileen Wheeler, birder and ICNC Board member; and Mary Beth Warburton, birder
Indian Creek Nature Center Annual Dinner & Program
Please join us on Saturday, April 25, 2026, for the Indian Creek Nature Center
Tracking Wildlife in Winter
A Canton Winterfest Event! Meet at the Indian Creek main entrance for a couple hours slow walk or snowshoe to look for evidence of winter wildlife. Snowshoes will be provided or bring your own! Rain or shine! No need to sign up, just show up!
Looking for Evidence of Wildlife in Winter
Meet at the Indian Creek main entrance for a couple hours slow walk or snowshoe to look for evidence of winter wildlife. Snowshoes will be provided or bring your own! Rain or shine! Contact Tom for more information or just show up!
Leader: Tom Van de Water, Co-President ICNC Board of Directors
Fall Trail Workday at ICNC
Join INCN Board members for a workday to help clean up the Nature Center from summer storms and get it ready for the winter. Tools will be supplied, or you can bring your own. There is always plenty of work for all!
Rain Date is Sunday, October 26th
How Indian Creek Nature Center & Its Critters Transition from Fall to Winter
Join Clarkson University Honors Students as they lead a guided walk and discuss how the natural environment at ICNC is transforming around us. Why do leaves change color in the fall? Where do all the animals go? What about the dragonflies? Come find out! Meet at ICNC's main entrance parking lot at 11am. Wear shoes appropriate for walking through the woods on (potentially muddy) trails.