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Spotted Salamander

My basement has two windows that are below ground level and each has a recessed area around it lined with 6×9 railroad ties. I was cleaning the leaves and other assorted detritus from one of them today when I noticed a Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) trying to dig into the clay and find some cover.

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April 11th, 2010 | Category: Amphibians, Salamanders | Leave a comment

Something Fishy

We did finally make it to the creek today, after taking all those wildflower photos, and I had hoped it was warm enough to get a Green or Long-eared Sunfish to come out and grab a plastic grub. They didn’t cooperate – I didn’t even see either species – so I sent Dayna into the […]

April 10th, 2010 | Category: Crayfish, Fish, Sculpins | Leave a comment

Wildflowers - 10 April

When Dayna and I left the house this morning, the plan was to go to an out of the way spot on Rogers Creek and catch and photograph a few fish. We did end up doing that – and I’ll cover that in a separate post tonight or tomorrow – but we found so many […]

April 10th, 2010 | Category: Butterflies, Insects, Plants, Trees & Shrubs, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

Around the yard...

A few minutes spent wandering about the yard turned up a freshly bloomed Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida,)

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April 8th, 2010 | Category: Butterflies, Dragonflies-Damselflies, Flies, Insects, Plants, Trees & Shrubs, Wildflowers | Leave a comment

Jeepers. Peepers!

Just going by the amount of noise they make, Northern Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer crucifer) are quite numerous here around the pond and edges of the yard, yet I rarely see them. But twice this spring they’ve made appearances.

The first I saw was a female on my downstairs door following a night of […]

April 7th, 2010 | Category: Amphibians, Frogs | Leave a comment
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