Saturday, November 21, 2009

Something new

After the beagle meetup this morning, I checked out some small nature preserves nearby that were new to me.

The first stop was Normanskill West preserve. Parked at the end of Normanskill Blvd (turn is off Delaware Ave near Delaware Plaza). The narrow foot path was marked with white blazes. It went down to the creek, the 2000 Delaware Ave landslide area, and then back up to the trailhead. It crossed several foot bridges along the way.

The second stop was at the Phillipinkill Preserve. Parked at the designated parking spot at the "Mansions" housing development (entrance is at Fisher Blvd off Delaware Ave). There was a short loop trail and a cross trail which bisected the loop.

The third sstop was at Normanskill Preserve. Parked at Bagdon Environmental lot. Walked the trail down to the creek across from Stevens Farm, and then back up to the trailhead.

After the walks, Howie was unfortunately crawling with ticks.

Albany County Preserves

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Willie was crawling with ticks at the Schodack Island State Park in Castleton. I have had 3 attached to me in the last 2 weeks.
This month has been really bad.
Hopefully the weather will get colder and they will go away.
Williesmom

QM said...

Did you see any interesting wildlife?

Poor Howie. :(

Grog said...

no, not really