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Encounters

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Hummingbird

Liz stands on rock facing out over a view of trees in various shades of fall color change.

Every year the SLU Outing Club does Peak Weekend.


Picture taken from Glenview - a piece of land managed by the ADK Land Trust.

Stopped near Donnelly's Icecream at Glenview to see the sunset.


Spruce Grouse Fledgling in the Massawepie Mire

While walking the Massawepie Mire railbed, I was thrilled to spot two


A close up image of the face of green frog with a yellow throat sitting on a rock.

While hiking the trail to Huckleberry Lake I came across a wetland area with a ton of frogs!


Women in firetower look out over 180 degree view of horizon

Jen look out over the horizon, while I cram myself as tight into the corner as I can to get as wi


Horizon view with lake and trees off in distance and bottom third of image is USA Flag

One of our first fire tower visits.

Stillwater Fire Tower.




Squirrel on limb with one nut in cheek, holding another nut to his mouth

This Squirrel already had the one nut in his cheek, so I waited for him to put this second on the


Scenic view of pond lit by starlight with trees and hills on either side.

This is one of my early attempts at capturing what the night looks like under little more than st


Frozen river water forming ice clusters under driftwood.

A blustery day on a short walk at Fort de La Présentation.  


A heron perches on a fallen branch and searches the shoreline for snacks

I spend a lot of time paddling on Dexter Marsh and taking photos.


Foggy Field at Sumrise

Walking early morning and the fog was lifting as the sun came up.


Not a reflection

Butterflies 


Queen Anne’s Lace & Butterfly

Walking and saw this!


1 armed crayfish

We did some searching for crayfish in Eel Weir state park over the weekend.


Drone view looking down at Hart's falls from 200 feet in air.

We stopped by Hart's Falls to see how different it might be after the recent high waters due to H


View of the river from tip of Sugar Island

It was a cooler, windy evening in August when we decided to walk around Sugar Island.


A close up, top-down photo of a green frog framed by blades of grass.

As I was walking on the Saddlemire trail I noticed this green frog hanging out in the grass in th


Our local Nature Center Photography Club members came upon this scene when we were walking the trail in July.

The Photography Club at the Nicandri Nature Center meets monthly, and when we were walking a part


Person squatting down next to snapping turtle in a few inches of water.

The heavy rains left over from hurricane Debbie had not raised the level of the Oswegatchie yet,