A little birdy came in the window and told me that NY State office of Information and Technology Services has posted aerial photography taken in the spring of 2020 this morning to their website. It includes the dairy farm country of the very fertile Genesee Valley (MOO with the smell of silage and manure !!!), and most of Nassau and Suffolk County down on the Island, yes, the big one to the east of New York City where the Long Island Expressway runs and people adorn their cars with bumpster stickers that read, “Please Pray for Me, I Drive the Long Island Expressway,” America’s Largest Parking Lot.
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Camping on East Branch Spring 2017
Two years ago, my first camping trip of the year was along the East Branch of the Sacanadaga River at an old house site that has been long used as a designated campsite. Even camping in late April, there was still a fair bit of ice and residual snow left.
The first night it drizzled a bit, so I bought a tarp and strung it up. Later in the evening it tapered off. I brought some wood and starting fluid, so it got a good fire going quickly, and it wasn’t too bad.
It got nice by morning, and I cooked up a pretty good breakfast on the griddle.
No complaints about the sun after all rain and dampness the previous night.
The first day, I drove over to Garnet Lake.
And did some fishing, without much luck in Mill Creek.
I got back to camp and cooked up some burgers.
The following night I had a nice little fire.
Then retired to my well lit truck cap.
The next day, I hiked back to Auger Falls.
Above the falls, in the flats, the water was quiet, the birds were singing.
Great place for birds and wildlife
Waiting For Spring
Maybe spring is not here yet, but one could definitely hear the birds chirping while walking today at the Pine Bush Preserve.
Taken on Saturday March 30, 2019 at Albany Pine Bush.Didn’t Hear Many Birds Until Here
Black Creek Marsh
A 3D rendering of one of my favorite places to go in March and April to watch birds.
Before Crossgates Maul
A 3D rendering of what a bird would have seen flying over the area near where the Thruway and Northway meet over US 20, looking out at the area that would become Crossgates Maul.