This past week we’ve been checking out the vernal pools on the Lillibridge Property hoping to see “the big walk” of the forest salamanders. Last Thursday’s cold and snowy night, we were rewarded with a spectacular site of dozens of spotted salamanders in a pool. A check yesterday afternoon, just a mere 5 days later, [...]
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Took a picture of the vernal pool behind the kiosk at Lillibridge in anticipation of the annual spring migration of salamanders to the pool. Can’t wait to catch a glimpse of the “big night”. You can follow our progress here or if you’re a member check out the articles on the salamanders and vernal pools [...] By nature shots we don’t mean anything like jello shots. Instead, point your camera at all things natural. Shoot video or stills. Edit and organize your work, and submit it into our third annual Pfeiffer Nature Center Film Festival! We’re looking for amateur photography buffs (regardless of whether you take your pictures in the buff) [...] 6/30 Update: Dr. Peter Ducey from SUNY Cortland graciously responded to our request for tadpole ID, indicating that likely candidates are wood frogs and american toads. I’m quite sure they’re not toads due to the shapes of the egg masses, so we’re left with wood frogs, one of my initial guesses. I found a site [...] There’s a ditch near my house that is home to MANY tadpoles. I stop and watch them every day on my walk. Earlier in the season I would have told you that they were probably either wood frog or peeper tadpoles since I saw both of those little spring singers in that ditch, but I’ve [...] It’s spring, and a young man’s fancy turns to love. So does a young hawk’s, a young newt’s, a young chipmunk’s, a young…well, you get the picture. Last month I couldn’t sit on my porch or take a walk without feeling like I should be averting my eyes. Birds, salamanders, you name it, they were [...] |
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