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Groundwater, Ice, and Herp Survival – January 28, 2022

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, updates
Great Blue Heron preying on Green Frog tadpole at an icy pond. Photo © copyright Rich Armitage and used with permission.

Groundwater helps keep herps alive in the winter Herpers, I could not wait until next week to show you this great photo sent to me by wildlife photographer Rick Armitage. Rick lives in Whitehall, NY, but has sent quite a…

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Herp Update: Quick reference photos, fundraiser – January 25, 2022

Posted on by Jim Andrews Posted in education, herping, updates

New Feature on our VtHerpAtlas website! Herpers, last year Kate Kelly added a new feature to our website. She added separate quick-reference photo guides for adult snakes, juvenile snakes, turtles, salamanders, and frogs. Hopefully these will help report-contributors save time…

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Herp Update: Upcoming Presentation on VT Snakes — January 18, 2022

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Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) eating another Eastern Milksnake

Upcoming Presentation Herpers, Green Mountain Audubon Society has arranged for me to give an online Powerpoint presentation on Vermont snakes this Thursday, January 20th at 6:30 PM. The presentation is free and open to the public. If you would like…

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Herp Update: Reports, Digitizing Atlas files, Fundraising – January 7, 2021

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Recent Reports Herpers, I was surprised to receive a report and photo of an Eastern Milksnake that was seen December 29th in West Haven (photo below). You don’t often see snow and snakes in the same photo. West Haven and…

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