Bear attack video in Yosemite – Warning
Bears aren’t pets and they aren’t cuddly but this video certainly makes them look that way. This is from the park road in Yosemite near the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. You may have to refresh the page to...
View ArticleRound Pond isn’t round but it’s a fine place
The trail sign into Round Pond was faded and beaten up. Many of the letters were hanging on by a thread. Much the same could be said for the 2.3-mile trail itself, which appeared neglected and unloved....
View ArticleOur first rattlesnake on Split Rock Mountain!
In any other place in the Adirondacks, Split Rock Mountain wouldn’t be a mountain. With rounded slopes and a modest height, it would be a shoulder of something greater if it lived in the High Peaks, an...
View ArticleThe elusive (to me) gray jay
“You’ve never seen a gray jay?!?” a co-worker and birder asked, incredulous. Incredulous that with as much time as I’ve spent in the Adirondacks, I’ve never seen one of these handsome boreal birds....
View ArticleA Vischer Ferry addiction
Some days I just have to go to Vischer Ferry. I can’t explain it any other way. Sometimes it’s to the preserve, sometimes it’s riding my bike along one of my favorite routes that goes through the...
View ArticleSlow passage
Driving down Route 7 on the way home from work last night, I saw a little turtle in the road. It’s a busy road, with traffic zipping along at about 50 mph, and no shoulder. The turtle was next to the...
View ArticleWhat does the fox say?
There seems to be some confusion lately on the vocalizations of the red fox. Two guys from Norway (see above) think the fox says, “gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding” or “fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow.”...
View ArticleWildlife photos
You guys are great! In yesterday’s giveaway post for “Wildlife Photography,” I told people they’d get bonus points for sending in their wildlife photos (I’ll be notifying the winner later today). Our...
View ArticleSpring in the Albany Pine Bush
I wrote my column for today about looking for signs of spring in the Albany Pine Bush. You can read it here. Field ecologist Amanda Dillon showed the group some easily overlooked indications that...
View ArticleWhat we’re reading: “Night of the Grizzlies”
Jack Olsen’s “Night of the Grizzlies” is the story of a night in 1967 when two female campers were killed by grizzly bears in unrelated attacks. I picked it up at a gift store at Glacier National Park...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....