I figure that it is about time extend the effort and post an outing considering I enjoy everyone else’s.
I decided to venture out this afternoon… a spot that I have been keeping an eye on for over a year but had been ignoring due to the usual dense underbrush and marshy soil….neither which have survived this overly dry season. My goal actually was to find the pond I can clearly see on the satellite attached to a woodland road but none the less that has been eluding me despite numerous attempts.
First stop was the abandoned, crumbling walled areas around the natural spring for the usual suspects: Green Frog and Pickerel Frog
Then the day turned exciting with this flip….
4 toed. A lifer for me
Much of the bark in this area was loose so I was able to flip and or peer without much habitat damage and I was mostly rewarded with multi per flip: (Please forgive the poor shots I really needed one more hand to hold the logs/bark and camera)
Newt and slimy
Newts and 4 toed
Another lifer… and my first ever intentional flip yielding a snake nice little red belly (no heckling please) I found it was acutely adept at evading my capture by winding through the grasses. I didn’t want to stress it so I quickly gave it its space back.
More flipping finds:
2 lead phase redbacks with a redback and a newt
A newt and a near miss…. Look close
Another multi: newt, 4 toed and redback
And a not recently seen but always a favorite…. Peeper.
Probably the best day since the mass migration and yes I finally found the pond :-) -Erin
