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Today (Friday) was another beautiful day in the Adirondacks ... since I hiked yesterday I decided to do some paddling today. I went back towards the Osgood Pond area, putting in my canoe onto Jones Brook where it goes under the White Pines Road ... it was a short paddle from there to Osgood Pond. I crossed Osgood Pond, passing the White Pines Camp (Coolidge's summer White House) and into the Osgood River. Not much in the way of autumn color since most of the trees were spruce and white pine.
Photos were taken with my cell phone so the "zoom" isn't that great for some of the wildlife shots ...
Heading towards Osgood Pond on Jones Brook
![20190920_143123_HDR.jpg 20190920_143123_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82068-4e5ff213630cc88a40e81cd8cbe06604.jpg)
Crossing Osgood Pond ... that's St. Regis Mtn off in the distance ... it has a restored fire tower on its summit. Students at nearby Paul Smiths College climb it at every full moon.
![20190920_144235_HDR.jpg 20190920_144235_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82070-286b58542a0f5771c1ec180f9be9ff75.jpg)
White Pines Camp ... you can rent cottages there now during the summer months
![20190920_144523_HDR.jpg 20190920_144523_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82072-f0a6283326c602e4eec1ac4fc3013007.jpg)
entering the Osgood River ...
![20190920_145306_HDR.jpg 20190920_145306_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82073-22c399e94d6b1c36e04be04548dc21a0.jpg)
On the river ... much of the pickerel weed has turned brown because of the recent frost (it was in the mid-20s here Wed and Thurs mornings)
![20190920_150816_HDR.jpg 20190920_150816_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82074-95019890d337ab54d4f5cf9a84b12a46.jpg)
saw this guy hunting in the pickerel weeds ...
![20190920_154144_HDR.jpg 20190920_154144_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82076-77432981d8aaaba5c64c1f2c3355009d.jpg)
The river split in two so I took the right fork and paddled until I ran into this beaver dam. Turned around and headed back ...
![20190920_154629_HDR.jpg 20190920_154629_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82077-02411237855787c3740e49a540624e8f.jpg)
back at the split in the river I saw the heron in a different spot ...
![20190920_155408_HDR.jpg 20190920_155408_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82078-b0b00cde6d3ab10f427a33eac21d5b61.jpg)
these guys posed for me as I passed by them on my way back to the pond ...
![20190920_160831_HDR.jpg 20190920_160831_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82079-c8fdcba3b54b29c5503e1eb1e19062f4.jpg)
heading back up river to the pond ...
![20190920_160924_HDR.jpg 20190920_160924_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82080-eef41c0ad519861f44597b9bfea83458.jpg)
about the only color on the river itself ...
![20190920_163329_HDR.jpg 20190920_163329_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82081-2080c4d2897e94a564354171a392236d.jpg)
once back onto Osgood Pond I saw this guy ...
![20190920_164048_HDR.jpg 20190920_164048_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82082-c7d39cbb64b45bf977c2dd51aa2139fb.jpg)
![20190920_164050_HDR.jpg 20190920_164050_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82083-13f392a083fa7b50bc4e266b344604b4.jpg)
![20190920_164121_HDR.jpg 20190920_164121_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82084-8e5170923a81fd60e9a035926fade47f.jpg)
as I was heading for the outlet for Jones Brook I saw this guy sitting on the top of this white pine ,.. the nest is below him/her in the tree (this is the nest Jackie & I saw when we paddled from Jones Pond to Osgood Pond on Jones Brook the other day ...
![20190920_165251_HDR.jpg 20190920_165251_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82085-b07c4bd2232291b0da0bc9b3461106b6.jpg)
heading back down Jones Brook to take out ... the reflections were awesome
![20190920_165858_HDR.jpg 20190920_165858_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82086-176f8cbfd61e6d6605ddbd6ec4966a78.jpg)
6.4 miles of paddling on a beautiful afternoon.
Photos were taken with my cell phone so the "zoom" isn't that great for some of the wildlife shots ...
Heading towards Osgood Pond on Jones Brook
![20190920_143123_HDR.jpg 20190920_143123_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82068-4e5ff213630cc88a40e81cd8cbe06604.jpg)
Crossing Osgood Pond ... that's St. Regis Mtn off in the distance ... it has a restored fire tower on its summit. Students at nearby Paul Smiths College climb it at every full moon.
![20190920_144235_HDR.jpg 20190920_144235_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82070-286b58542a0f5771c1ec180f9be9ff75.jpg)
White Pines Camp ... you can rent cottages there now during the summer months
![20190920_144523_HDR.jpg 20190920_144523_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82072-f0a6283326c602e4eec1ac4fc3013007.jpg)
entering the Osgood River ...
![20190920_145306_HDR.jpg 20190920_145306_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82073-22c399e94d6b1c36e04be04548dc21a0.jpg)
On the river ... much of the pickerel weed has turned brown because of the recent frost (it was in the mid-20s here Wed and Thurs mornings)
![20190920_150816_HDR.jpg 20190920_150816_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82074-95019890d337ab54d4f5cf9a84b12a46.jpg)
saw this guy hunting in the pickerel weeds ...
![20190920_154144_HDR.jpg 20190920_154144_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82076-77432981d8aaaba5c64c1f2c3355009d.jpg)
The river split in two so I took the right fork and paddled until I ran into this beaver dam. Turned around and headed back ...
![20190920_154629_HDR.jpg 20190920_154629_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82077-02411237855787c3740e49a540624e8f.jpg)
back at the split in the river I saw the heron in a different spot ...
![20190920_155408_HDR.jpg 20190920_155408_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82078-b0b00cde6d3ab10f427a33eac21d5b61.jpg)
these guys posed for me as I passed by them on my way back to the pond ...
![20190920_160831_HDR.jpg 20190920_160831_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82079-c8fdcba3b54b29c5503e1eb1e19062f4.jpg)
heading back up river to the pond ...
![20190920_160924_HDR.jpg 20190920_160924_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82080-eef41c0ad519861f44597b9bfea83458.jpg)
about the only color on the river itself ...
![20190920_163329_HDR.jpg 20190920_163329_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82081-2080c4d2897e94a564354171a392236d.jpg)
once back onto Osgood Pond I saw this guy ...
![20190920_164048_HDR.jpg 20190920_164048_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82082-c7d39cbb64b45bf977c2dd51aa2139fb.jpg)
![20190920_164050_HDR.jpg 20190920_164050_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82083-13f392a083fa7b50bc4e266b344604b4.jpg)
![20190920_164121_HDR.jpg 20190920_164121_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82084-8e5170923a81fd60e9a035926fade47f.jpg)
as I was heading for the outlet for Jones Brook I saw this guy sitting on the top of this white pine ,.. the nest is below him/her in the tree (this is the nest Jackie & I saw when we paddled from Jones Pond to Osgood Pond on Jones Brook the other day ...
![20190920_165251_HDR.jpg 20190920_165251_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82085-b07c4bd2232291b0da0bc9b3461106b6.jpg)
heading back down Jones Brook to take out ... the reflections were awesome
![20190920_165858_HDR.jpg 20190920_165858_HDR.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/82/82086-176f8cbfd61e6d6605ddbd6ec4966a78.jpg)
6.4 miles of paddling on a beautiful afternoon.