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Holiday Herp Update: Current Herp Activity, Fundraiser — December 25, 2022

Posted on December 25, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, herping, road search, support, updates

Current Herp Activity Herpers, hopefully the above ground herp activity has ceased until the next warm and wet spell. Though only two days ago on December 23, herper (and birder) Sue Wetmore reported hearing a calling Northern Leopard Frog when…

Tagged with: amphibians, crossings, fundraiser, winter

Herp Update: Fall migration activity, successful concert, spring salamander search—November 10, 2022

Posted on November 10, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in event, herping, research, road search, salamander, updates

Upcoming Herp Activity tomorrow night, Friday, November 11 Herpers, I know that many of you have been out during the spring on a “big night” when many amphibians are moving from overwintering habitat to breeding or foraging habitat. Awareness of…

Herp Update: Concert, herp activity—October 25, 2022

Posted on October 25, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in event, frogs, lizards, research, salamander, updates

Patti Casey and Colin McCaffrey Fundraising Concert this Saturday in Salisbury The Patti Casey and Colin McCaffrey concert, originally scheduled for a few weeks ago, had to be postponed since one of our performers had covid. All the players are…

Herp Update: Concert postponed, snake and amphibian migration—October 7, 2022

Posted on October 7, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, event, road search, snakes, updates

Patti Casey/Colin McCaffrey fundraising concert rescheduled for Saturday, October 29 Sadly, one of our performers tested positive for covid the morning of our scheduled fundraising concert, so we had to postpone the event. We have rescheduled the event for Saturday, October…

Herp Update: Fall turtles, Field trip with salamanders, Concert—September 19, 2022

Posted on September 19, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, research, salamander, turtles, updates

Baby Snapping Turtle emerging from nest. PHoto by Pat Perry and used with permission.

Recent Herp Activity We have received quite a few reports of baby Snapping Turtles emerging over the last week (see the Pat Perry photo). Snapping Turtles emerge from their underground nests in the fall of the same year that the…

Herp Update: Map turtle mystery; fall frog calls; bullfrog gape — September 2, 2022

Posted on September 2, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, turtles, updates

Herpers, it has been too long since I sent out an update. Here in the office we have been really busy keeping up with the records that are being sent in by others (~375 during July and August) and those…

Herp Update: Moving Snappers, Herp Activity, & Concert—July 29, 2022

Posted on July 29, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, frogs, snakes, turtles, updates

male American Bullfrog showing yellow throat and swollen thumbs, held face facing camera in a human hand

Our latest video: Moving Snapping Turtles We had been looking for an opportunity to show on video what we feel is the safest way to move larger Snapping Turtles. While doing a herp survey on a piece of St. Michael’s…

Herp Update: videos, snake hotels, ratsnake, vernal pools—July 12, 2022

Posted on July 12, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, conservation, research, snakes, updates

New herp videos available Our Herp Atlas videographer and editor Matt Gorton has posted a couple more of our short videos on YouTube. Snake Hotels Putting out artificial cover is a time-honored method of survey and monitoring for snakes. Many…

Tagged with: ratsnake, snake cover, snake hotels, vernal pools, videos

Herp Update: Recent Herp Activity — May 25, 2022

Posted on May 25, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, updates

Recent Herp Activity Along with the many choruses of Gray Treefrogs that people have been reporting, the extremely warm weather toward the end of last week even motivated a few American Bullfrogs to call here in the Lake Champlain Valley.…

Tagged with: bullfrog, data gaps, frogs, green frog, identification

Herp Update: Turtle activity, documentation needed —May 16, 2022

Posted on May 16, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping, salamander, turtles, updates

Recent Turtle Activity and Needed Photo-documentation Herpers, I am now receiving reports of Snapping Turtle and Painted Turtle females on land looking for suitable open and sunny egg-laying locations. Nest sites are often in yards, gardens, compost piles, and sometimes…