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Encounters

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Female American Kestrel

The female of our American Kestrel nesting pair posing prettily in the morning sun. 


American Kestrel Pair

We put up a kestrel box 4 years ago and have had a nesting pair each season.


Hooded Merganser Meeting

On my morning walk I spotted a group of hooded mergansers showing off their interesting plumage&n


garter snake on leaves

Beautiful spring day in the North Country to encounter this garter snake moving across the trail.


Bufflehead Duck mating ritual

This Bufflehead male was doing his best to attract a mate.


Northern Flickers Mating ritual

I spotted these flickers on my morning walk. He was doing his best to impress her.


Wood Duck Pair

Sitting at the lakes edge like I do each morning I was lucky to see this pretty pair swimming abo


Wood Duck on Black Lake at Sunrise

Sitting at the lakes edge with my camera hoping to catch a glimpse, I was not disappointed 


Brown Creeper tucked into the dead part of a tree

Jen saw this brown creeper making its way up a mostly dying tree on the bank of the Oswegatchie.


Sometimes the wildlife is watching you

This gray fox pair was watching me from what appears to be their den.


Gray Fox peeks up through the snow

I spotted this cutie peeking out through the snow. I am hoping to see kits come spring! 


Otter emerges from snow covered ice on Black Lake

I have been hoping to see otters on the lake and it finally happened this season.


Otter emerges from snow covered ice on Black Lake

I was on one of my regular walks along the lake and the otter popped up.


Ice formations

I brought my camera out on a short trip to the lower lake dam, as it had been one of the few spot


Snowshoe Hare tracks on Azure

Did a quick snowshoe up Azure Mountain and found a bunch of snowshoe hare tracks.


Snow on top of a bunch of small berries handing from a tree branch. In the background is a stone building.

Campus looked very pretty the day after a lot of snow fell!


Insect caught in iced over spider web

We looked out the window and saw small spider web that had grown ice crystals on it over night.


Boat on Ice

An uncle and I were attempting to break ice out to an island for duck hunting the next morning.


Cedar Waxwing on a frosty foggy morning

It was a frosty and foggy morning when I spotted a group of cedar waxwings up high in the branche


River Otter

There is always something to see here, sometimes it is difficult to get chores done.