Chicken Mushrooms

9/22/12 I stepped out for a quick look through the woods and I found two very large groups of my favorite mushroom, the chicken mushroom (also known as the sulpher […]

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Variable Russula

The distinct-looking Variable Russula mushrooms have been growing everywhere. After checking that the mushroom has forked gills and a white spore print, I cooked some up for breakfast this morning […]

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Cicada Killer Wasp

Several dirt piles pimpled a friend’s Long Island lawn. It turns out that the mounds are nests burrowed by cicada killer wasps. These two-inch-long wasps look intimidating but are generally […]

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Adirondack 46

A few years back a couple of friends decided that they were going to become 46’ers by climbing the 46 Adirondack peaks over 4,000′. I had completed several of the […]

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Kayaked the Alplaus Kill

Trip Reports 5/30/12 Last night we received an incredible amount of rain during a short period of time with vicious thunder and lightening. I expected the water level to be […]

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Troy Dam Striped Bass

After a couple of practice runs, we managed to catch this nice striped bass on the Hudson River just below the Troy Dam. We caught the fish during the falling […]

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