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Love Your Mother 5th Annual Earth Day 7K
The first 50 participants to register will receive a free T-Shirt! (registration form here)
The 5th annual Earth Day 7K is going virtual! Net proceeds will benefit the North Country COVID-19 response!
Nature Up North and the St. Lawrence Land Trust invite you to join us for the 5th annual Earth Day 7K Trail Run & Walk! The virtual race will take place from April 22nd to May 22nd.
How to Participate:
10th Annual State of the Rivers Talk
Join us for the St. Lawrence Land Trust's10th Annual State of the Rivers Talk. Dr. Brad Baldwin, Biology, St. Lawrence University will discuss the invasive plant water chestnut in the Oswegatchie River Feb.12th7 pm, Grasse River Heritage Room, 30 Court Street, Canton.. E-mail: stlawlandtrust@stlawlandtrust.org for more information, or check out our Facebook or Instagram Page.
All are welcome.
Seeing each other
With the Upper and Lower Lakes frozen over, the section of Oswegatchie bordering it has become a hunting ground for this Eagle.
It has shown up just about every day for the past week or so, and is sitting in a tree overlooking the river.
I walked out on the porch to attempt to get a photo, but it immediately knew I was there and we looked at each other.
It decided to move on to a different spot, but as I've seen it in that same tree and on the same branch 4 days over the past week, I know it will be back.
Mergansers on the Oswegatchie
A group of common merganser have made this section of the Oswegatchie their temporary home for the past few weeks.
This section of river has had consistently open water this winter, so it's made for a terrific feeding area for these birds.
They don't like when I go out there, and they will swim downstream immediately, but I decided to stay wait them out, and despite it being around 20 degrees it was worth it. As they did make their way back and as I laid in the snow, they swam, dove, ate and chased each other for the next hour.
Long-tailed Weasel
Along Lowland Trail at Indian Creek Nature Center.
Tracking Tracks in Heritage Park
Join Dan French on Sunday, Feb. 16th at 10am in the heart of Canton for a walk around Heritage Park on a hunt for animal tracks. Learn the basics of animal track identification and what we would expect to find on an island in the middle of the Grasse River.
The parking lot is not plowed in the winter, so park in the lots next to Main Street if you'd like to come! Traction devices are heavily recommended! The trail is packed and frozen from foot traffic.
Pine Tree Canopy
I took this picture while cross-country skiing at Higley Flow for the first time. I enjoyed skiing under the canopy of these really tall pine trees!
Explore our Winter Wonderland
The snow is here, our students are back, and we're ready for a full schedule of nature outings, workshops, and community science. Head over to our events page to see what we have coming up! Make your own cardboard sled for the races on Feb. 8th. Start training for the Earth Day 7k on April 19th. Start scouting camera locations for our NOCO Wild Trail Camera project. The possibilities are endless!
Winter Animal Walk
Midwinter is a great time to look for the hardy winter birds, look for mammal tracks, and see signs of how life persists in the coldest and shortest days of the year. As we snowshoe the trails of ICNC, you are sure to learn about some of the ways plants and animals survive the midwinter. Bring snowshoes if you have them (there will be some to borrow) and binoculars, and dress appropriately.
Leader: Tom Langen, Biology Department at Clarkson University