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📸Watershed wildlife photo submitted by @trhindress 📸 Two great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) fledglings drying out after a September rain storm. Photographed along the lower Rondout Creek in High Falls, NY. “The owls hatched sometime in Febr
📸Watershed wildlife photo submitted by Rhonda Fox📸 A barred owl (Strix varia) rests under tree cover along the Neversink River near Hunter Road. Barred owls prefer dense wooded areas often near rivers or marshy areas. Barred owls are selective, bu
📸Photo submitted by Rhonda Fox📸 A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) launches from its perch, soaring above the West Branch of the Neversink River along Frost Valley Rd. Bald eagles are often spotted near wooded areas close to rivers, streams o
📸Watershed wildlife photo submitted by John Kocijanski 📸 A Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) perches under tree cover alongside the Neversink River. Kingfishers often let loose a rattling call as they fly over rivers and streams. Kingfishers wi
📸 Watershed wildlife photo submitted by Rhonda Fox📸 Pictured is a young Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) foraging for food along the main stem of the Neversink River in Claryville. Great Blue Herons prefer to hunt in rivers with calm waters, stand
American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) tree trunks chewed by beavers along Rondout Creek in Fall 2020. The North American beaver (Castor canadensis), a native species to the Catskill Region, does not hibernate in the winter. North American beavers
Check out RNSP’s eco-friendly decorated tree at the Neversink Bicentennial Square holiday display! Hand painted ornaments, made by RNSP’s hard-working intern, Bella. Be sure to look at all the other decorated trees, hand painted signs, a
Thank you to everyone who helped plant this week at our largest CSBI planting to date! Together, we’ve planted over 400 Catskill native trees & shrubs (and counting) across 1,460 feet of Rondout Creek stream edge. With a variety of over 20
Photograph of fungal hypha sampled at our ongoing CSBI planting project. Fungal hyphae live within soil. They are microscopic tubelike shoots of fungi that form the mycelium network that exist in healthy soil. Fungal hyphae, like the one pictured abo