Friday, September 10, 2010

August 28th... where else?! Ponkapoag!

When you really want to go on a nature walk, just go to Ponk. We did! Here's what we saw!

The Pickerel Frogs were again out in force. There should have been a ton of snakes around feasting on these but we didn't see any here!
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This little Painted Turtle thought he was being sly, but we found him!
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We were joined on the dam by a couple of ducks...
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Check out this shot that Andrea took... what a great pic!! Check out her eye!
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Redbacks were abundant and since it was warm, they were crazy fast! We only caught a few!
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Airborne!

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Andrea made the find of the day with this young Spotted Salamander!
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Oh... did I mention toads?
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Hmmmph

Then we ganged up on a Spring Peeper!
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These cormorants watched as we limped our way back to the car... we've been so out of practice and injured. We needed rest after this 5 hour hike!
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I have to be honest... we saw two garter snakes and they both handed me my ass. One was cunning enough to lead me into vines covered with prickers and I still have scars to show for it... damn dirty squamates!

1 comment:

  1. A nice return! It's always nice to see photos of me handling herps with nicely done nails! (Um, my nails are nicely done. . . not the herps)

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