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Herp Update: Special Request, Current Herp Activity – April 24, 2023

Posted on April 24, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, reptiles, updates

Special request Herpers, I have been asked to be on Vermont Public’s Vermont Edition program this Thursday at noon. It is an hour-long radio program from 12-1 that is rebroadcast at 7 PM in the evening. Jane Lindholm was the…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, amphibians, migration, news, snakes

Herp Update: Current Herp Activity, Amphibians of Vermont Pocket Guide – April 15, 2023

Posted on April 15, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, field guide, updates

Current Herp Activity Herpers, this has been an unusual spring for amphibian migration. Here in the Lake Champlain Basin we had early migration of good numbers of Wood Frogs, and Blue-spotted, Spotted, and Four-toed Salamanders and then it dried out…

Tagged with: amphibian eggs, amphibians, migration, snakes, turtles

Herp Update: Current Herp Activity, Amphibians of Vermont Pocket Guide – April 7, 2023

Posted on April 7, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in field guide, herping, salamander, updates

Current Herp Activity Herpers, the photographs and records have been pouring in over the last week. Almost all of these reports are coming from the lowlands of western Vermont (from Arlington north to Milton) with only a few reports for anywhere…

Tagged with: field guide, four-toed salamander, migration

Herp Update: Current Herp Activity, Amphibians of Vermont Field Guide, Vernal Pool Course – March 31, 2023

Posted on March 31, 2023 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, education, field guide, snakes, updates

Current Herp Activity We have started getting reports of major amphibian migrations here in the Lake Champlain Basin. Monica and Elka Erhart visited Morgan Road here in Salisbury and reported 181 Blue-spotted Salamanders, 48 Spotted Salamanders, 17 Wood Frogs, 2…

Tagged with: amphibians, crossings, field guide, migration, snakes, vernal pools

Herp Update: Current Herp Activity, Folding Pocket Guide, Changes in our Team, End of Annual Fundraiser – March 10, 2023

Posted on March 10, 2023 by

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

Current Herp Activity Thankfully, since our last update, cooler temperatures and snows returned, keeping our amphibians in the ground where they belonged. As a result, I have not received any reports of amphibians moving or calling above ground. We did…

Tagged with: amphibians, fundraiser, Lake Champlain Basin, migration

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: news, upcoming migration, skink, snakes — April 13, 2022

Posted on April 13, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in updates

Herps in the News Herpers, on the first of our two public educational events at the Morgan Road amphibian crossing here in Salisbury, we had two VPR reporters in attendance. Their coverage went online today. It is a nice piece…

Herp Update: migration expected, reports, hormones — April 6, 2022

Posted on April 6, 2022 by

Jim Andrews Posted in amphibians, herping

Wood frog (L. sylvaticus) amplexing a Spotted Salamander (A. maculatum). Photo by Ashley Bray and used with permission.

Amphibian Migration Expected Tomorrow Night (Thursday) Herpers, the forecast for tomorrow night (Thursday) looks excellent for amphibian migration. Please take a look at our list of common amphibians that still need to be documented from your town. Just type in…

Tagged with: amplexus, data gaps, migration, spring, wood frog

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…

Tagged with: american toad, education, frogs, migration, news, road search, salamanders, snakes

Herp Update: migration starts, vacation – March 20, 2022

Posted on March 20, 2022 by

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

Amphibian migrations have started Herpers, I just returned from a warm southerly vacation to find that temperatures in Vermont were just as warm, at least temporarily. So, I have been scrambling to get caught up. The warm weather at the…