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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: 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: 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: Recent Herp and Human Activity – January 22, 2024

Posted on January 22, 2024 by

Jim Andrews Posted in conservation, event, snakes, updates

Annual Fundraiser As I hope you know, we are in middle of our annual fundraiser. We have now raised $8,358 of our goal of $20,000 for this year. Our thanks to the 81 people who have contributed so far. If…

Tagged with: events, fundraiser, greensnake, snakes

Herp Update: New Format & Recent Sightings – October 27, 2023

Posted on October 27, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, snakes, updates

New Format and Recent Sightings Folks, as a result of the number of people who have requested to receive our Herp Updates, we have moved to a new format using Mailchimp. For friends and family to subscribe: visit vtherpatlas.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63c5df7985d413f2ea204e690&id=c48959eb4b&e=f3cfc2a496 There…

Tagged with: amphibians, herping, road search, snakes

Herp Update: Amphibians on the move & Fall Calls, Snake Monitoring Video, Non-native Species – October 17, 2023

Posted on October 17, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping, lizards, research, snakes, turtles, updates

Recent and Upcoming Herp Activity Amphibians still on the move After my wife mentioned that an Eastern Red-backed Salamander had found its way into her studio yesterday evening, I decided I should run over to our local amphibian crossing hotspot…

Tagged with: amphibians, herping, non-native, road search, snakes

Herp Update: Amphibians & Snakes on the Move, Annual Report – October 11, 2023

Posted on October 12, 2023 by

Kate Kelly Posted in amphibians, herping, road search, snakes

Recent and Upcoming Herp Activity Amphibians still on the move During last Saturday night’s rain, my wife Kris and I headed out to our local amphibian crossing (Morgan Road) for a quick look at amphibians coming out of the Leicester…

Tagged with: amphibians, herping, migration, road search, snakes

Herp Update: Still moving, annual report – October 11, 2023

Posted on October 11, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in research, snakes, updates

Amphibians still on the move During last Saturday night’s rain, my wife Kris and I headed out to our local amphibian crossing (Morgan Road) for a quick look at amphibians coming out of the Leicester River swamp and heading to…

Tagged with: annual report, contributors, snake covers, snake hotels, snakes

Herp Update: Snakes and amphibians on the move, Endangered Species Award, Presentation – October 6, 2023

Posted on October 6, 2023 by

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

Recent and Upcoming Herp Activity: Snakes on the move Herpers, I used to believe that the first frosts of the fall were the trigger that initiated snakes movement back uphill to denning sites. On the first warm sunny day after…

Tagged with: amphibians, herping, migration, snakes

Fundraising Concert with David Fuerzig: Saturday, September 23 at 7 PM

Posted on September 14, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in event, snakes, updates

Dekay's Brownsnake held gently in fingers of a human hand.

Herp Update: Special Edition Upcoming Fuerzig Fundraising Concert Saturday, September 23 at 7 PM here in Salisbury Folks, UVM pianist David Feurzig is on a mission to give free concerts in all the towns in Vermont. Through those concerts…