Lyon Mt - View from the Tower
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- Lyon Mt – View South
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- Saranac Hollow from Lyon Mt.
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- Lyon Mt – View East
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- Lyon Mt – Fire Tower
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- Lyon Mt – View from the Tower
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- Bear-favorite Beech
Entries Tagged as 'Adirondack Life'
View From Lyon Mt.
June 8th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Adirondack Life
Tags: clinton county·hike·lyon mt
Top of Big Hill Road
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Adirondack Life
Tags: bike·clinton county·salsa cycles
The Ruffed Grouse
May 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Adirondack Life
Ruffed Grouse – Bonassa umbellus Large Image (2.72 Mb)
I just read over at Adirondack Lifestyle about her encounter with a Ruffed Grouse. I also had an encounter with one last Saturday, but it was far less violent. We were cleaning up around some old stone walls when “JT” heard a strange noise – sort of a thrumming. Well, about 2 feet in front of his face he spotted this nesting grouse. Normally, these birds take-off pretty quick, but this one would not move.
Birds are great…for eating! If there was such a thing as an “Adirondack Chicken”, then this is it. I haven’t had the pleasure. When it comes to appreciating birds, most would agree that Audubon is a good reference. I’ve always found his descriptions to be a wonderful read, only lacking in recipes:
The Ruffed Grouse – J. J. Audubon
More Info:
Ruffed Grouse – Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Wood Grouse – Audubon: Early Drawings
Hunting the Adirondack Grouse – The Outing magazine 1910
Ruffed Grouse Shortage – 1918 Annual Report – New York Conservation Commission
The Adirondack Grouse – Francis Sterne Palmer
Ruffed Grouse Society – Check the Banquet schedule.
Our Great National Playground
May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Adirondack Life
Memorial Weekend is the traditional beginning of our Summer travel season here in the Adirondacks.
It’s not like we will be overrun, but most popular trailheads will be packed.
Plan ahead, check the Current Conditions, and consider hiking trails outside the High Peaks Area. Stay Safe – maybe I’ll see ya out there!
Bear Swamp Road Blockhouse
May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Adirondack Life
This cemetery contains buried victims of a Small Pox “problem” in the mid-1800s. The Blockhouse that stood at this site served as a medical building.
Life is much easier these days.
Tags: clinton county·heritage·peru
Twitter Reciprocity and #followfriday
May 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Adirondack Life
Today is Friday. All you Twitter folks know what that means, #followfriday is the fashionable meme of the day. This post is LIVE DONE.
Don’t get me wrong, I super-appreciate every recommendation I get, but I haven’t felt like playing along with the Friday-thing. Why? There’s no meta to go with the recommendation. For me, it’s all about the Semantic Web. The data is there, what information can we assign to it? Same with users. I wish the ability to tag Twitter users was something I could do, instead of relying on self-tags.
Enough with the Twitter navel-gazing, I’ll save that for another time. Today is about you, my Twitter-people.
Lake Champlain Beaches
April 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Adirondack Life
The last few days of unseasonably warm weather has started what I would call “Beach Fever”. My personal favorite is Point au Roche, followed by Ausable Point.
Here are the public beaches on the New York side of Lake Champlain.
There are a handful of other small beaches, but they are either “secret” or limited to local residents. So, does anyone want to join me for some fun at the beach?
Tags: ausable river·beach·clinton county·essex county·lake champlain·map·plattsburgh·point au roche·willsboro
