PAHERP/NAFHA Team Members Kyle, Dailey and NoTread and our PEEC staffer
(Pre blitz) Site 4 (Kyle and Dailey)
Short trail which runs parallel to a small creek through a hemlock and mixed forest ravine with a picnic area. Some of the shots are pre-adequate coffee consumption so please excuse the quality.
Wood frog (1)
Slimy salamanders (few)
Green frogs (many)
Two lined salamanders
Spring Peepers
Pickeral Frog
Eastern Fence Lizard –To think that I have been walking by this spot oblivious for 3 years and NoTread for years as well. Thanks Jessica from PEEC for the heads up and thanks to Kyle for literally putting your finger on it ….otherwise it would have been another 3 years I believe.
Northern Dusky Salamander
Site 5 This location has very large expanse of a shale pit. Trees are sparse on the expanse. Nice seep on the hike in.
Eastern Newt-Red Eft
Dusky salamander
Red Salamander
Spring Peeper
Milk Snake (2 one vouchered one not) I take full responsibility for the not.
The photo shoot:
American Toad
Well fed specimen under a rock
Site 6 The site is a couple acres of field which experienced a prescribed burn in 2009. The fields have a few mixed trees throughout. Small pond on site as well as remains of buildings.
Northern ringneck
Milksnake (1)
Eastern Painted Turtle(s)
Bullfrog
Greenfrog adult and tadpole
Northern Redback (lead and red)
Quite possibly the longest most vibrant red and completely uncooperative redback I’ve ever met coated itself in leaves and it shown diving back into the log.
Site 7
The survey site is a small stream which runs directly through the middle of the hemlock ravine.
Northern Twolined Salamander
Spring Peeper
Green Frog
Slimy Salamanders
Northern Dusky
Redbacked Salamander (Lead and Red)
Pickeral Frog
Nice event with cool people. –E-
(I'll enter these into PAHERP DB as a group sighting ASAP)