Spring is finally taking hold! The very first wildflower is blooming:
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| First flower of spring! American Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium americanum) |
But the last of the snow STILL isn't gone:
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| Almost gone! |
That hasn't stopped the salamanders though!
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| Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) with Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg mass |
I thought the adult salamander was guardian the eggs, but I was very wrong! They are different species, and the eastern newts like to eat spotted salamander eggs.
I finally caught a deer on my trail cam:
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See it?
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And found some less desirable critters in a pool of snow melt:
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| Mosquito larvae - ick :-P |
