Vernal Pool Night

Rainy day and warmer temps had me heading out with the boys for some amphibian-searching! Only Log, my fellow nature-lover, stayed out with me tonight, in the dark, although Elijah spotted our first one, tonight!  With a headlamp and flashlights, in our boots and coats, in the drizzle, we sought out the first amphibian finds of our season.  No frogs or toads, but we did find several red-spotted efts, a couple of them in aquatic salamander form(one was so cool- only it's head was sticking out of a hole, like a snake!!), and our last find was our favorite black-spotted salamander. What a blast.