If you've enjoyed recent El Niño wildlife sightings on the Essex blog ("Welcoming the CoyWolf: Whoever It May Be", "Wrong to Kill Coyotes, Wolves and CoyWolves" and "Snow Geese By Whallons Bay"), we have three new images to share courtesy of Andrea McDonald (@andreamcd3) and John … [Read more...] about El Niño Wildlife Sightings: Adirondack Coast
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Fort Ticonderoga Presents Fifth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium
The King’s Garden at Fort Ticonderoga presents the Fifth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium on Saturday, April 9, 2016. This day-long symposium, geared for both beginning and experienced gardeners, provides helpful insights from garden experts who live and garden in upstate … [Read more...] about Fort Ticonderoga Presents Fifth Annual Garden & Landscape Symposium
Snow Geese By Whallons Bay
I shot the video above Friday morning just as the beautiful snowfall we received that day was beginning. These three snow geese have been hanging around the same area of Whallons Bay all week — they probably still are. Have you seen them? When I first saw the geese I was … [Read more...] about Snow Geese By Whallons Bay
Wrong to Kill Coyotes, Wolves and CoyWolves
I have previously introduced a large charismatic canid increasingly evident in the Adirondack Park that some wildlife observers are calling the CoyWolf. This hybrid of the Coyote, the Eastern Wolf, and the domestic dog unfortunately is threatened despite its important … [Read more...] about Wrong to Kill Coyotes, Wolves and CoyWolves
Welcoming the CoyWolf: Whoever It May Be
By now, most of us who spend much time outside in the Adirondack Park have seen some sort of large canid that looks too big to be a Coyote, not quite big enough to be a Wolf. Quite likely, many of us have seen what some wildlife observers are calling the CoyWolf. What is a … [Read more...] about Welcoming the CoyWolf: Whoever It May Be