100% Adorable
Sophie is my friends new puppy . . . I felt she was absolutely bloggable! Thanks Nicole for letting me sharing her with everyone!
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
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I am not in Prison
Allegany State Park, Administration Building
Thanks for the wonderful emails and kind comments from everyone! My favorite was TuNaMeLt asking “Are you in Prison”?? No, I am not in prison, I have no health problems and everything is alright . . . . just ask Jennifer . . . . I am still enjoying life as it should be enjoyed! Actually, I had my first of the year White-winged Crossbills around Red House Lake (CHECK). I wish my camera was close, they seem to be everywhere I looked and allowed me to get within 6 feet of them! Picture of them should be coming soon and maybe I will get a chance to band a few this year???
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Allegany State Park Firetower
Allegany State Park Firetower
The weather was so beautiful the other day and with the leaves being at their peak this weekend . . . . I decided to try and capture some tree top photos from inside the Allegany State Park Firetower.
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Falling Leaves [Wordless Wednesday]
Allegany State Park, NY
The Owls Have Arrived
Northern Saw-whet Owl
We caught our first of the year Northern Saw-whet Owl Saturday night! Been a slow start to their movement but I believe that is due to warmer temperatures and the bright moon shining down on the nets. Their numbers should be picking up in a week or two as soon as the moon starts rising later in the evening!
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The End of Summer
Sunset and Smokey Campfire
Summer has ended and we begin to reflect those many great things we did or didn’t do over the summer. Without a doubt one of the highlights of the summer was backpacking 3 nights along the North Country Trail here in Allegany State Park. Another highlight included the spectacular banding season with an outstanding banding crew!
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Cooked Frog Legs
Over Cooked Pickerel
When hurricane Ike arrived in the Great Lakes area yesterday, it brought with it some high winds which whipped around tree branches and we had debris flying around everywhere! Yep you guessed it; my power went out about 8:30pm from a fallen tree taking down some power lines. I never got my power back until about 6pm this evening!!! This morning I was part of the crew who worked with the electricians in getting some of the lines back up! After the power was shut off we investigated where the lines had charcoaled the ground . . . . wait a second, we need to investigate this spot closer . . . . . look it’s a zapped Pickerel Frog!!! My guess is that it was electrocuted as it tried jumping away but no matter what happened the poor little froggy didn’t have a chance!!
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Mon@rch's Nature Blog 