![A fox for coffee]()
by elizabeth5047 | Nov 14, 2010 | Uncategorized, Wildlife |
This morning as I filled my Bialetti at the sink a fox trotted in the driveway. S/he checked the ditch along the road and finding nothing appealing continued toward the house. I reached for my camera and cracked the door to try to get a photo. Predictably as soon as I turned the handle the fox bounded to a safe distance. It turned to look at me but decided not to stick around for coffee, heading toward the compost behind the...
![Moose tracks, finally]()
by elizabeth5047 | Oct 11, 2010 | Uncategorized, Wildlife |
Today I went to Tupper Lake to see Yvon’s hunting camp. It’s a long ride out through an area southwest of Follensby Pond. Old lumber cuts and recent rain made for lots of nice wet, early succession habitat. As we made our way through the gates toward camp he spotted a long straight row of tracks, right between the tire tracks left by a 4-wheeler. The last time I saw tracks was on Van Hoevenburg two years ago with the Westport Youth Commission hiking group. I was glad to see tracks again but would have been even happier to see the big bull himself, although not up quite as close as I got to the tracks. The track size was around 5″ x 6″ with a stride of about...
by elizabeth5047 | Oct 7, 2010 | Uncategorized, Wildlife |
Last night in Floral Hall I was extremely happy to see over 200 people attending the Wildlife Event brought by Sue Morse, Phil Sharpsteen, Bobbie Summers and Kit Emery of Keeping Track in Jericho, VT. I sponsored the event with CATS, Northeast Wilderness Trust, Adirondack Council and Champlain National Bank. Dogwood Bread Company graciously donated the amazing pizzas we had on hand for volunteers. Chris Maron, Kathy Kelly and I headed a crew that included several other excellent volunteeers. Sue’s collection of wildlife pelts and parts is an amazing educational resource. Her photography is profoundly intimate at times, making me feel that I am almost in the woods at the same time she is. I am looking forward to coordinating a training program that I hope will lead to a 2011 Champlain Valley Keeping Track Monitoring Program. Long live the Champlain Valley, full of people and animals and plants that live on and work the land...
