Spring Peepers have began warming up for their mating choruses along the Beaver pond near my home in Split Rock Wildway. Wood Frogs began singing—if duck-like quacks be song—from vernal pools in the eastern Adirondacks even before the ice was all melted. Gray Treefrogs, … [Read more...] about Spring Song: Frogs of the Adirondacks
Archives for April 2014
Essex Farm: Peepers
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "The rule holds: the first week we hear the spring peepers singing from the pond is the first week the fields are dry enough to work. It has been so every year here and it was so this week. I had my doubts. The … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Peepers
Fort Ticonderoga’s King’s Garden Begins Season with New Event
Friendship & Flowers Program Set for May 17th Fort Ticonderoga’s King’s Garden will present a new spring event "Friendship & Flowers" on May 17, 2014. This exclusive pre-season event for gardeners and their friends in the King’s Garden offers continental breakfast, a … [Read more...] about Fort Ticonderoga’s King’s Garden Begins Season with New Event
Vintage Postcard: 1940s Main Street Looking South
Each Monday we share an old Essex photo on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. The postcard above is titled "Main St. Looking South, Essex, NY." Can you reconcile this old photo with Main Street as it is today? What … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: 1940s Main Street Looking South
Experience America’s First Victory at Fort Ticonderoga! “No Quarter” Re-enactment May 10-11
Fort Ticonderoga kicks off the 2014 season May 10-11 with its "No Quarter" event recreating the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775. In this weekend-long recreation visitors will experience "America’s First Victory." Throughout the weekend, visitors will explore this … [Read more...] about Experience America’s First Victory at Fort Ticonderoga! “No Quarter” Re-enactment May 10-11