Birding
5 ways to spring hike the ADKs
Wildflowers, waterfalls, endless views, and the return of our summer birds — sounds like spring in the Adirondacks! Anyone who hikes here knows there’s a huge variety of trails, but in spring we try...
Spring Birding...with Crossbills too!
With a one-in-twenty year bumper food crop this past winter, Red and White-winged Crossbills irrupted into the Adirondacks, with the largest concentration occurring in Long Lake. Birders traveled...
An Evening Paddle to Round Lake
12Oct2017
Author:Alan BelfordThe End of the Day
Round Lake is perhaps my favorite paddle in northern Hamilton County, and a friend and I took a chance to get out on it the other day. It was late by the time we arrived, but we...
Camping, Birding, and Exploring Along Horseshoe Lake
02Oct2017
Author:Alan BelfordWaking up in a beautiful place
My friend and I camped along Horseshoe Lake the other weekright along the St. Lawrence-Franklin-Hamilton county lines. Wren and I woke early while it was still dark,...
Fall on the water!
Last week I was fortunate enough to head out on Piseco Lake for a beautiful sunset cruise with some great friends. My husband, kids, and I got to have a lovely lake-front dinner of homemade pizza,...
Paddling and Birding Along the Bog River
17Jul2017
Author:Alan BelfordYou Can't Miss a Chance to Paddle Here
Wren and I had the opportunity to paddle the Bog River the other day and we couldn't turn down the chance to do so. After all, the Bog River is a great place to...
Spring Birds & Peepers
22May2017
Author:Alan BelfordAn Afternoon and Evening of Exploring Around Little Tupper Lake and Round Lake
A nice day to head out
While our recent weather has been wet and raw, it had been warmer not long ago and on a day when...
RaChelle's Law
28Mar2017
Author:RaChelle HosleyIn my house, Murphy's Law is not a thing. We refer to it as RaChelle's Law... if it can go wrong, it already has - or it will! This is the way my life goes in general, but especially over the last...
Paddling and birding Round Lake and Little Tupper Lake
27Oct2016
Author:Alan BelfordDucks on the move
With waterfowl migration beginning, I make sure to check out area lakes whenever I can. And so, when Wren, my dog, and I had a chance to explore south of Tupper Lake the other day,...
Birding & Paddling Fishing Brook
05Oct2016
Author:Joan Collins
A lovely new area has been opened to the public for paddling and fishing in the Town of Long Lake. County Line Flow and Fishing Brook can both be paddled, and fishing is allowed from the shoreline...
