Virginia submitted this river otter sighting from her walk on Saturday: On our walk along the trail today we saw river otter scat along the boardwalk to the private dock (where people are not suppose ...

The sloop Clearwater returned to the creek on Friday after a few weeks in Staten Island, where it was hauled out for its annual inspection and hull repairs. Now, the crew will rig the sloop for spring ...

This morning, around 9:15 AM, a river otter was swimming in the mouth of the Esopus Creek. It's swift and undulating motions were unmistakeable. After swimming at the surface for awhile, it dove under ...

Virginia is a regular visitor to the lighthouse. When she walks the trail, she observes with the keen eye of a gardener and naturalist. Now, she shares her photographs and observations online at her n ...

Overnight freezing temperatures and churning wave action created spongy, clumpy shuga ice along the shoreline. A retreating tide left a mass of the shuga ice stranded on the shoal near the lighthouse, ...

Heavy rains. Flooding on Esopus Creek. Dock called me early on Saturday morning. He was up until 4 AM moving stuff in his yard out of reach of flood tide and moving driftwood and detritus out of his y ...

A snowstorm at the first of the month was followed a few days later by heavy rains. The storm runoff combined with snowmelt swelled the tributaries to the Hudson, including Esopus Creek. The sudden sw ...