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“No matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all the salient facts about any one of them”--Aldo Leopold

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Maybe some salamander love tonight

So far we're still seeing more reptiles than amphibians at the drift fences.  Getting several Anolis each day (like the one in the photo) and at the H02 wetlands there were two garter snakes the other day.  Unfortunately I wasn't there and didn't get a photo.  But a miracle happened today---it rained!  Not sure how much we got, were supposed to get about a half an inch.  No way the bay will start filling yet, but hopefully the marbled salamanders can at least come out from hiding and play the mating game.  Should be some nests being built tonight!  If so, on the next few rainy nights the male salamanders may start leaving the bay while the females will stick around and tend to their nests.

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