An unexpected find! Today was cold and blustery. Snow & ice recently melted but the ground is still frozen. I wanted to walk out to #DenningsPoint but the trail is closed for the winter to protect nesting birds. Wandering around the back of the old brick works, I noticed a signs pointing towards an eagle viewing blind. After a short walk through the overgrown, former industrial marshland, I came across this shelter which offers a protected and safe place to view eagles. The American Bald Eagle was once nearly extinct in the #HudsonValley but they're making a good comeback. Will have to return with my binoculars one day.
#BeaconNY #BirdWatching #HudsonHighlandsStatePark #HudsonHighlands

#footpathfriday A brisk late morning stroll on the Klara Sauer trail between Long Dock Park & Dennings Point in Beacon NY. Snow & ice has melted enough to keep up a decent pace, not as windy and bitter cold and gorgeous views of the #HudsonHighlands in the distance. What a great area to live!

Hazy afternoon hanging out with Lena the #GSD at Dennings Point in #BeaconNY The #hudsonriver is calm today. High altitude smoke from distant fires partially obscures the view of the #HudsonHighlands and #BannermansIsland to the south. I love coming here during the week when it's quiet. #DogsofMastodon

With thunder and lightning roiling over the #HudsonHighlands tonight across from West Point, I couldn't help recalling @jonathankruk's great Rip Van Winkle readings (thunder being the sound of giants bowling). Led me to a fabulous 1934 cartoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnHkC7LAT9k&t=120s
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Back between the river and the rails, along the river that flows both ways. At the @GarrisonInst along the #hudsonriver to celebrate …
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Even a tiny bit of snow brings out the contours of each ridge here in the #hudsonhighlands

Can't think of this bass-filled pond in the Hudson Highlands (winter / summer) without recalling my youth in Rhode Island #bassfishing in similar (but less populated) ponds. Wrote a song some years back about a special moment - "That Six-Pound Trophy Bigmouth Bass." Full vid ⤵️📺
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I do love the seasons. #HudsonHighlands pond winter and summer. The bass are there in both. https://t.co/9VjlAgYOqH
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