October 23rd... Getting desperate...

OK, 2010 has been a pretty crummy one for nature walks and herping. There was the house-buying thing, moving and a book in design taking up most of the summer months. Not to complain, but... it sucked! (OK... that's certainly a complaint... I'm sorry)

With the viable herping days winding down oh- so rapidly, we had a day of low-60s F temps, so we went to a new favorite place... a visit to the mostest Salamanderest place of all... Hoar!

It took a while, but we finally scored a Fistful of Redbacks, directed by Sergio Leone!


After we got our herpin' eyes adjusted, redbacks started popping up all over the place! Now that's a'what I'm-a talkin' about!



The autumnal colors were quite lovely... we tried to capture them on the digital camera with middling success...


Our worrying about not finding herps was put to rest by the abundance of Redbacks... they are hardy little fuckers!



Leadback!


There are at least 4 redbacks in this shot sharing their space with a slug...


Guess what else was at Hoar today... Pill Bugs!!!! Oh, and a Spotted!


It was cold enough for Andrea to wear her Bear Claws, but the Spotted Sally didn't mind!



Redbacks and leadbacks made themselves known again...




And then another Spotted!



Well, we were certainly satisfied... Sally-riffic! If these were our last herps of the year, then we went out with a bang! Thank you, Hoar!