The Huletts Current

Man Drowns in Lake George The Times Union reports on it here. Rabies Common Among Bats The Washington Post had an interesting article recently about a woman who had an encounter with a bat. Any bat that is flying around in the daytime is likely to be rabid. This is an interesting article.

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Spotted in the early evening yesterday.

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When I’m out and about I try to carry my camera with me. I am by no means a professional photographer though. When I see something unique I grab my camera, fumble with the settings and try to shoot as quickly as I can. This past weekend I spotted these two beautiful birds. A great [...]

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An Otter is a very elusive animal. I spotted one last week and it took me another week carrying my video camera everywhere before I saw it again. But this time I got it on video tape. So here in 2.5 minutes is a week’s worth of work! I present the Huletts Otter. To learn [...]

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A stuffed bobcat on display at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. Huletts Current reader, Karen Wagner, submitted the following question: Hi George, There is an animal in the mountains that produces a sound like a woman sreaming! We’ve asked around, but no one seems to know what it is. I assumed it was [...]

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Seen on a canoe in front of the lower tennis court this morning.

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I stepped out the front door this week and ran into this little guy on the front step. We were both surprised to be looking at each other, but I got his picture! Don’t worry though. If you come to our house, he has been relocated to a spot where he doesn’t have to look [...]

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…..with a little loon behind.

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While this story happened on the west coast of Canada, this mother deserves some type of big award: Mother fought off cougar to save toddler from attack However it got me thinking about the possibility of cougars/mountain lions living in the Adirondacks. The Adirondack Almanack did a good story on this some time ago.

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I came across these two mallard ducks sitting on a dock and I creeped up as close as I could to get a good picture. I was thinking about ducks because yesterday was the anniversary of the creation of Disney’s Donald Duck.

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Birch tree at the end of the 5th hole.

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Lake Homes Sales Take Hit Sales are slow this year on Lake George. Read the Post Star article here. Please Don’t Feed the Bears The Adirondack Alamanack had a good story on what happens when bears get fed. Whitehall Police to be Outsourced I wonder how the Washington County Sheriff will handle sightings of Bigfoot?

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