The image shows a large orange and black butterfly nectaring on a white and yellow flower. This is a Monarch. It is probably the best known of all migratory butterflies, migrating from overwintering sites in the south to its northern home in the spring and back again in the fall. Most Monarchs seen during the summer in the Adirondack Mountains and in the rest of eastern and central North America are part of a migratory process that ends in Mexico. However, no single individual makes the round-trip journey. The migration process involves several Monarch generations.

For the #coloraday theme #orangesun, I offer this gorgeous Monarch. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

#eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #MonarchButterfly #MonarchButterflies #butterflies #butterfly #ADK #AdirondackButterflies #wildlife #nature #AdirondackWildlife #Monarch

A yellow and brownish bird with a nice neat chestnut cap is sitting on a branch in a bog in the Adirondack Mountains for upstate New York. This is a Palm Warbler. Palm Warblers breed in boreal forests, with an estimated 98% breeding in Canada. Palm Warblers also breed in the Adirondack Mountains. They breed in bogs and open boreal coniferous forests with scattered evergreen trees, usually near water. The Palm Warbler is one of the first warblers to arrive in the Adirondacks in the spring and one of the latest to leave our region in the fall.

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #Yellow, I offer this attractive #PalmWarbler.

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#bog #wetland #AdirondackWetlands #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackBirds #birding #birds #AdirondackWildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK #warblers #borealbirds

The image shows a female Ring-necked Duck with five ducklings swimming in a marsh in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. Ring-necked Ducks are among the boreal birds who make their homes on marshland. These ducks winter inland along the Gulf of Mexico and southern Atlantic coasts. They depart from their wintering sites in February and can usually be found throughout the Adirondacks from mid- to late April on.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AdulsWithChicks. Here’s a Ring-necked Duck with her family of five #ducklings. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

#Adultswithchicks #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackBirds #birding #AdirondackBirding #birds #nature #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK

The photo shows a scenic view of a wetland surrounding a brook. I took this photo on the Boreal Life Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC, a nature preserve in the Adirondacks of upstate New York

For the #coloraday theme #greensat, I offer this view of an #Adirondack wetland, looking very green in mid-summer. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

#eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #ADK #scape #wetlands #AdirondackWetlands #wetland

No Kings protect, Westport, NY

Our Westport, NY NO KINGS protest earlier this afternoon. #NoKings #ADK #NY21 #ruralamerica #protest

A stunning yellow bird with chestnut stripes on his breast is perched on some vegetation in a wetland. This is a male Yellow Warbler. I photographed this bird in mid-June at Cemetery Road Wetlands, which is a marsh in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The Yellow Warbler is a long-distance migrant that spends its winter in Central America and northern South America. It begins arriving in our area in late April; most will have left by the end of September.

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #stripes, I offer this lovely Yellow Warbler, showing off the chestnut streaking on his breast. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

#eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #AdirondackBirds #birding #AdirondackBirding #birds #ADK #nature #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK

A lovely blue bird is perched on the top branch of an apple tree in bloom. This is the Indigo Bunting, a species sometimes nicknamed "blue canaries," because these birds sing from dawn to dusk, often atop the tallest perch they can find. These favored singing sites are maintained throughout the breeding season and often from year to year, so a birder intent on capturing Indigo Bunting songs can listen for the birds singing from the same perch for many years.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #blue. How about this #IndigoBunting, showing off his bright blue plumage on a spring morning? wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

#eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #AdirondackBirds #birding #AdirondackBirding #birds #nature #wildlife #adk #AdirondackMountains #ECK

Huge thanks to GDG Warszawa and Wietse Venema!

We used Google ADK to build autonomous agents for "The Garden of the Forgotten Prompt."

Key Takeaways:
🔹 Rate Limiting
🔹 State vs. Memory
🔹 Custom Tooling

Level 8, here we come!

#GoogleCloud #AI #ADK #GDGWarsaw #AgenticAI #Python

The image shows a snow-covered trail with conifers and a few hardwoods, including Yellow Birch. I took this photo this morning after a latest spring snowstorm, which added a dusting of snow. The main mammals we get (based on trail camera sightings) include Red Fox, Gray Fox, Coyotes, and Red Squirrels. Birds that breed every summer on the property include Magnolia Warbler, Swainson’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, and Ovenbird.

Trail through our property near Lake Placid, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains. 27 March 2026. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-h...

#forestfriday #woodland #eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #ADK #AdirondackForests #scape

The image shows a small brown bird with a bit of yellow on the throat and white wing bars. This is an American Goldfinch, a small finch that we see year-round here in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The American Goldfinch diet is dominated by seeds, including those from thistle, sunflowers, asters, grasses, and trees. It generally forages while perched on the plant and will hang upside down from branches or thistle heads to reach seeds. American Goldfinches readily come to winter feeders, where they are sometimes seen of flocks of 200 or more. They come to most kinds of feeders (including hopper, platform, and hanging feeders) and are also seen feeding on the ground below feeders.

The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Eating. How about this #AmericanGoldfinch eating sunflower seeds on our deck? wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

#finch #goldfinch #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackBirds #birding #AdirondackBirding #birds #nature #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK

The photo shows an attractive blue bird with an orange chest perched on a fence railing. This is a male Eastern Bluebird. He’s using his wings as a threat display to warn off an intruder. This photo was taken near his nest box on Heaven Hill Farm near Lake Placid, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains. Heaven Hill is owned and maintained is owned and maintained by the Uihlein Foundation as a community preserve.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying. I offer this #EasternBluebird, using wing-flicking as a threat display. wildadirondacks.org/heaven-hill-...

#BlueBird #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #AdirondackBirds #birds #nature #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK #UihleinFoundation #ADK

The image shows a scenic view of a wet meadow in fall, with mountains in the background. This photo was taken from the viewing platform on the road between Keene and Keene Valley in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. This is primarily a birding destination. It offers an iconic vista of the Adirondack Mountains and convenient access to a wide variety of birds, both those associated with wetland areas and other birds which can be found along the edges of the wetter terrain.

High Peaks Vista. The wet meadow from the overlook on Route 73 near Keene, New York. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

#coloraday #YellowThu #eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #ADK #autumn #wetlands #AdirondackWetlands #scape

This is a scenic photo of some red and orange fall foliage reflected in Heart Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The Heart Lake Trail is one of the best places in the Adirondacks to learn about nature in the mountains. It provides both beautiful views of a pristine mountain lake and access to varied habitats. Much of the trail follows the lake shore and passes through mixed forest, with some marshy areas close to the shore, where marsh-dwelling plants such as Labrador Tea and Sheep Laurel may be found. The lake is also a good place to look for Common Loons and Great Blue Herons.

Fall color at Heart Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. 28 September 2020. wildadirondacks.org/heart-lake-t...

#ColorADay #redwed #eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #ADK #autumn #forests #HardwoodForests #AdirondackForests

A gray and white bird with a black band encircling its yellow bill is perched on a rock near the banks of Lake Champlain in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York. The Champlain Valley is a center for cold-weather birding in the Adirondack Park. Lake Champlain remains open for much of the winter, so it attracts a large number of ducks and other aquatic birds that had abandoned their breeding territories in the Adirondack interior earlier in the fall. The Ring-billed Gull is a partial, mid- to long-distance migrant. Most individuals depart their breeding regions in late summer and early fall to winter in warmer areas. As lakes freeze over in the Adirondack interior, these gulls (which are frequently seen throughout the Adirondacks during the warmer months) gradually disappear in search of open water.

The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Gulls. Here’s a Ring-billed Gull on the edge of Lake Champlain in upstate New York. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

#RingBilledGull #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ADK #AdirondackBirds #birding #AdirondackBirding #birds #nature #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK

An olive-green and white bird with a red iris and gray crown is perched on a branch singing. This bird is known for its tireless, persistent, and very loud singing, which often drowns out the more melodious songs of neighboring birds. This is a summer bird for us. It’s a long-distance migrant, spending its winters in the Amazon basin of South America.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #OpenBeak, I offer this Red-eyed Vireo, showing off his signature red eye. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

#RedEyedVireo #Adirondackbirding #eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #AdirondackBirds #birding #birds #nature #wildlife #AdirondackMountains #ECK #ADK

#ThickTrunkTuesday #photography #eastcoastkin #upstateny #ADK

The image shows a fairly large rock on the edge of a trail in the Adirondack Mountains upstate New York. It’s a glacial erratic. Glacial erratics are the stones and rocks that a glacier picked up as it advanced and then left behind as it melted. Glacial erratics can be carried for hundreds of miles and may differ significantly from the rocks native to the area in which it rests. The term "erratic" comes from the Latin "errare," which means "to go astray." Glacial erratics can be seen along many trails throughout the Adirondacks

For the #RockinTuesday theme: a glacial erratic on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC. The retreating glacier left a lot of these behind. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-g...

#glacialerratic #AdirondackGeology #eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #ADK

The image shows four deep blue berries highlighted against a background of fern fronds. The plant is Clintonia, sometimes called Blue Bead Lilly. I took this photo on the Boreal Life Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC. Clintonia (named in honor of the former governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton) is a native wildflower that flourishes in a wide variety of habitats in the Adirondacks of upstate New York. It produces small yellow flowers in late spring and porcelain blue berries in mid-summer. It is a member of the Lily Family.

For the #coloraday theme #BlueTue, I submit the deep porcelain blue berries of #Clintonia, also known as Blue Bead Lily, for obvious reasons.
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#BlueBeadLily #eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #ADK #wildflowers #AdirondackWildflowers

This is a scenic shot of a fresh-water marsh in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. I took this photo on the Woods and Waters Trail at the Paul Smith’s College VIC, a nature preserve not far from my home. I visit here often, because the trails wind through a lot of different habitats, including this marsh and a bog.

For #BlueSkyMonday, here’s a view of a #wetland dotted with White Water-Lilies under a brilliant blue sky. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

#eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #scape #ADK #wetlands #marsh #WhiteWaterLily #PaulSmithsVIC #AdirondackWetlands

Two pink flowers are blooming in a forest. The plants are Pink Lady’s Slippers. Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule Aiton) is a large, showy wildflower belonging to the orchid family. It blooms in the Adirondacks from late May to late June. Pink Lady's Slippers are found from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; south to South Carolina and Georgia; west to Alabama and Tennessee; and north to Minnesota. This plant is listed as endangered in Illinois and Tennessee and unusual in Georgia. Pink Lady's Slipper grows in a variety of habitats. In the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, this plant can be found growing on well-drained sites, often under partial shade in conifer forests. Pink Lady's Slipper also grows under hardwoods and in Mixed Wood Forests. It is typically found in acidic soils. It can also be seen on the edges of swamps and bogs.

For today’s #ColorADay theme #PinkMon: #PinkLadySlippers, nestled down with some ferns. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-w...

#eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #ADK #ladyslipper #HeavenHillTrails #UihleinFoundation #wildflowers #AdirondackWildflowers

This is a scenic shot of Saint Regis Mountain in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York. In the foreground is a fresh-water. I took this photo on the Barnum Brook Trail at the Paul Smith’s College VIC, a nature preserve not far from my home. I visit here often, because the trails wind through a lot of different habitats, including this marsh.

For #MountainMonday, I offer this view of #SaintRegisMountain in the Adirondack Park, taken on the Barnum Brook Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC. wildadirondacks.org/barnum-brook...

#eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #nature #ADK #PaulSmithsVIC #AdirondackWetlands #SaintRegisMountain

GitHub - imagines-nummorum/agentic-graph-rag: GraphRAG-Driven Agentic Reasoning: A Research Prototype using ADK, MCP, and Neo4j GraphRAG-Driven Agentic Reasoning: A Research Prototype using ADK, MCP, and Neo4j - imagines-nummorum/agentic-graph-rag

Release: Agentic Reasoning Prototype!

Instead of forcing LLMs to hallucinate confidence, we provide a graph based ground truth (including ambiguity and conflicting interpretations).

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#Neo4j #MCP #ADK #GraphRAG #AI #OpenSource #KnowledgeGraph

📚 I detailed my first experience with #ADK et @docker.com Model Runner building an AI agent running locally.

👉 dev.to/zenika/a-loc...

#Zenika #ZenikaNantes #GDE @developers.google.com @dev.to

Thanks for the memories Jessie! #ADK #diggins #jessie #lakeplacid #xcski

The image shows a large tree standing on the edge of a meadow. I took this photograph in September on the Sugar Maple Trail. This trail is part of the Heaven Hill trail system, owned and maintained by the Uihlein Foundation. The Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) is a large, slow-growing, deciduous tree which flourishes in well-drained soil in the Adirondack Mountains. Like other maples, Sugar Maples have opposite, lobed leaves. These leaves turn red, yellow, or orange in autumn, contributing to the brilliant palette of colors seen in September and early October in the Adirondacks.

For the #coloraday theme #orangeSun: a Sugar Maple on the Heaven Hill Trails near Lake Placid, New York. wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the...

#eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #trees #forest #nature #scape #AdirondackForests #ADK #sugarmaple #HeavenHillTrails #UihleinFoundation

MCP, A2A, UCP, A2P, Tools, Functions 🧐 What do these things actually mean? This article has a good rundown of these terms and code samples to learn how to implement them👇
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#GoogleCloud #DevRel #AIAgents #ADK #Gemini

Fish Pond under a blanket of fresh snow

First tracks!

Burl covered yellow birch

One I’ve several old yellow birches. The bark is completely different as they age.

13 mile ski out to Fish Pond yesterday. The yellow birch there are the oldest I’ve seen. #ADK #backcountryski #xcski #adirondacks

The image shows a very green meadow bordered by green trees, set off by a brilliant blue sky in the distance. This is the ski slope on the Heart Lake Trail, in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The Heart Lake Trail, located at the end of Adirondack Loj Road near Lake Placid, New York, is an Adirondack nature trail providing access to varied habitats, stunning views of the High Peaks, a tree trail, a Nature Museum, and a fern garden with interpretive signs.

Ski slope on the Heart Lake Trail near Lake Placid, New York. wildadirondacks.org/heart-lake-t...

#ColorADay #GreenSat #eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #trees #forest #nature #scape #AdirondackForests #ADK

The image shows a trail through a northern hardwood forest, with blue sky and clouds in the distance. This is the Sugar Maple Trail at the Heaven Hill trails near Lake Placid. It was taken on 30 December 2024. There is a bit of snow on the trail from an earlier snowfall. The tree in the distance with orange leaves is an American Beech. The leaves of American Beech remain on the tree well into winter, with some persisting into early spring.

For #ForestFriday: Northern Hardwood Forest, Sugar Maple Trail, Heaven Hill, Lake Placid, New York (30 December 2024). wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-n...

#eastcoastkin #AdirondackMountains #Adirondacks #ECK #trees #forest #sugarmaple #nature #scape #HardwoodForest #AdirondackForests #ADK

A small grey and white rodent is perched on a peanut feeder at night. This is a Northern Flying Squirrel, one of 53 mammalian species that make their home in the Adirondack Park of upstate New York. These little guys don’t have wings, but they can glide using a specialized fold of skin called a patagium. I caught flying squirrels fairly frequently on our trail cameras for three or four months several years ago, but haven’t seen one since. I suspect our resident foxes got them. Our squirrel and chipmunk populations have also declined, probably for the same reason.

For #flyday: #FlyingSquirrel loves peanuts. Lake Placid in the #AdirondackMountains of upstate New York. wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-m...

#eastcoastkin #Adirondacks #ECK #nature #squirrel #AdirondackPark #mammals #wildlife #AdirondackWildlife #backyardwildlife #ADK