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Herp Update: Metamorphs, First Racer since 2014, Spiny Softshells in Winooski River Delta, Turtles Nesting – June 18, 2024

Posted on June 18, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, event, frogs, reptiles, snakes, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity On a June 11 field trip to Sunderland; Kiley Briggs, Kate Kelly, and I found our first young-of-the-year Wood Frogs. Chris Slesar reported young-of-the-year American Toads in West Haven on June 9. These youngsters were fresh eggs…

Herp Update: Toad Tadpoles, Female Turtles Nesting, Needed Reports – May 30, 2024

Posted on May 30, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, turtles, updates

Recent Herp Activity We have received the first report of American Toad tadpoles hatched out and on the move. Kate Kelly reported them in Hinesburg. At the same time, there are still some American Toads calling and laying eggs.…

Herp Update: American Toads & Gray Treefrogs – May 22, 2024

Posted on May 22, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, news, snakes, updates

Recent Herp Activity We have been receiving a flood of reports lately. I suspect it has to do with the amount of recent press coverage we have had. We have been on local television, VPR, and Vermont Digger this spring…

Herp Update: Ribbonsnake rediscovery, activity, events — May 1, 2024

Posted on May 1, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in updates

Recent Herp Activity Over the last few nights American Toads have been on the move in much of Vermont. Last night Kate and Molly Kelly joined me on a nighttime road search in Benson and West Haven and I was…

Herp Update: Activity, Get Data, Radio — April 22, 2024

Posted on April 22, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, event, herping, snakes, updates

Recent Herp Activity In much of Vermont, the warm and wet weather during the week of April 8-12 generated the bulk of our early-spring-amphibian migration. However, the warm, and dry weather over the past week has generated reports of Common…

Herp Update: Morgan Road education and amphibian migration — April 13, 2024

Posted on April 13, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, frogs, herping, migration, road search, salamander, updates

Folks, each spring the Otter Creek Audubon Society (OSAS) and the Salisbury Conservation Commission host two public educational events on Morgan Road in Salisbury, to introduce people to the wonderful phenomenon of amphibian spring migration. This year our first public…

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…

Herp Update: Education event, migration reports, call-in show — April 1, 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in education, event, herping, news

Morgan Road Herpers, it was a big night at Morgan Road in Salisbury last night at our public educational event. This annual event is organized by the Otter Creek Audubon Society and the Salisbury Conservation Commission. Last night we had…

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Fall Frog Calls

Posted on October 4, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in frogs, herping

Regarding late summer and early fall amphibian calls: Gray Treefrogs will call from trees on warm humid afternoons in late summer and sometimes early fall. Their fall call is the same as their spring call, but once again, it is…

Herp Update: June 5 – Gray Treefrogs, New Finds

Posted on June 5, 2021 by

Jim Andrews Posted in updates

Gray Treefrogs on the move: Herpers, at my home here in Salisbury, I noticed that the Gray Treefrogs had moved to their breeding ponds and were calling last night. During warm humid days spring through fall, you can hear the…