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alpine ecology

Birding Spotlight: Bicknell’s Thrush

July 23, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Bicknell’s thrush by Kent McFarlandOn the cold, coniferous mountaintops of the Catskills and Adirondacks lives a native bird that is a High Priority Species of Greatest Conservation Need: the Bicknell’s Thrush.

Nesting in the low branches of stunted conifers, Bicknell’s Thrush exclusively relies on high altitude spruce-fir forests in the northeast to nest and raise chicks. Bicknell’s Thrush is considered one of the most at-risk songbirds in eastern North America and highly vulnerable to habitat loss. [Read more…] about Birding Spotlight: Bicknell’s Thrush

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: alpine ecology, birding, birds, boreal ecology, DEC, endangered species, nature, Wildlife

Northeast Mountain Ecology: A Primer

August 21, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

ADK summit steward talking to hiker in alpine zone in adirondacksHikers climbing the Northeast’s highest peaks will traverse several different vegetative zones along the way. On the summits, they’ll likely encounter plants so hardy that many also grow in the Arctic, thousands of miles to the north. [Read more…] about Northeast Mountain Ecology: A Primer

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: alpine ecology, Climate Change, Environmental History, hiking, lichen, Native Plants, nature, trees, Wildlife

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