More images of the Adirondack boreal…

Here is another photographic blog with miscellaneous photographs taken during August 2013, mostly in boreal habitat:

Adult Bald Eagle perched over Tupper Lake just after a non-stop attack on a Great Blue Heron.  Taken on August 15, 2013.

Adult Bald Eagle perched over Tupper Lake just after a non-stop attack on a Great Blue Heron. Taken on August 15, 2013.

Lovely boreal forest along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.  Photographed on August 18, 2013.

Lovely boreal forest along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. Photographed on August 18, 2013.

Sphagnum Moss in the boreal forest along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.  Photograph taken on August 18, 2013.

Sphagnum Moss in the boreal forest along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. Photograph taken on August 18, 2013.

Juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker blending in along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.  Photograph taken on August 18, 2013.

Juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker blending in along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. Photograph taken on August 18, 2013.

A trillium gone to berry along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.  Photograph taken on August 18, 2013.

A trillium gone to berry along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. Photograph taken on August 18, 2013.

Leaves begin to change color in early August in the Adirondacks.  Photograph taken on August 18, 2013 at the north end of Long Lake.

Leaves begin to change color in early August in the Adirondacks. Photograph taken on August 18, 2013 at the north end of Long Lake.

Red Eft along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.  Photograph taken on August 27, 2013.

Red Eft along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. Photograph taken on August 27, 2013.

Large mushroom growing in the sphagnum moss along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.  Photograph taken on August 27, 2013.

Large mushroom growing in the sphagnum moss along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. Photograph taken on August 27, 2013.

A juvenile male Black-backed Woodpecker (left) begging from an adult male Black-backed Woodpecker (right) along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake.  Photograph taken on August 27, 2013.

A juvenile male Black-backed Woodpecker (left) begging from an adult male Black-backed Woodpecker (right) along the Northville-Placid Trail in Long Lake. Photograph taken on August 27, 2013.

Lovely boreal forest near Helldiver Pond in Moose River Plains.  Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Lovely boreal forest near Helldiver Pond in Moose River Plains. Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Mushrooms growing from sphagnum moss in the boreal forest near Helldiver Pond in Moose River Plains.  Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Mushrooms growing from sphagnum moss in the boreal forest near Helldiver Pond in Moose River Plains. Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Belted Kingfisher hunting over Helldiver Pond in Moose River Plains.  Photograph taken on August 29, 2013 from way across the pond!

Belted Kingfisher hunting over Helldiver Pond in Moose River Plains. Photograph taken on August 29, 2013 from way across the pond!

Helldiver Pond late in the day at Moose River Plains.  Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Helldiver Pond late in the day at Moose River Plains. Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Helldiver Pond late in the day at Moose River Plains.  Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Helldiver Pond late in the day at Moose River Plains. Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Helldiver Pond late in the day at Moose River Plains.  Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Helldiver Pond late in the day at Moose River Plains. Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Female Black-backed Woodpecker at Moose River Plains (between Helldiver Pond and Lost Ponds Trails).  Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Female Black-backed Woodpecker at Moose River Plains (between Helldiver Pond and Lost Ponds Trails). Photograph taken on August 29, 2013.

Spider web glowing with dew outside our Long Lake home.  Photograph taken on August 30, 2013.

Spider web glowing with dew outside our Long Lake home. Photograph taken on August 30, 2013.

One of only a few Monarch Butterflies I have observed this season.  Photograph taken on August 30, 2013 outside our Long Lake home.

One of only a few Monarch Butterflies I have observed this season. Photograph taken on August 30, 2013 outside our Long Lake home.

Male Black-backed Woodpecker along the Roosevelt Truck Trail.  Photograph taken on August 30, 2013.

Male Black-backed Woodpecker along the Roosevelt Truck Trail. Photograph taken on August 30, 2013.

One of many Wood Frogs along the Roosevelt Truck Trail.  Photograph taken on August 30, 2013.

One of many Wood Frogs along the Roosevelt Truck Trail. Photograph taken on August 30, 2013.

Can you find the Wood Frog in this photograph?!  Taken on August 30, 2013.

Can you find the Wood Frog in this photograph?! Taken on August 30, 2013.

TEN Common Loons by Round Pond on Long Lake.  This photograph was taken on August 30, 2013 from our dock - which was 1.5 miles from the loons!  I used my iPhone connected to my Kowa scope with the Kowa adapter - what a wonderful invention!

TEN Common Loons by Round Island on Long Lake. This photograph was taken on August 30, 2013 from our dock – which was 1.5 miles from the loons! I used my iPhone connected to my Kowa scope with the Kowa adapter – what a wonderful invention!

One Response to “More images from the Adirondacks”

  • Bob Adamo:

    Hi Joan,

    Neat quiz shot – just below the mushroom, and to the right. Nice photos too – I especially liked the Red Eft, the 1st Helldiver Pond picture, the Spider Web and the Male Black-backed Woodpecker shots – I just have to make it up your way this year !

    Cheers,
    Bob

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