Category Archives: Fauna

08.20.2018 Frog Monday

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

Not an official day, but for me any day with a frog in it is a good one.  🙂 Edit-Bullfrog- Lithobates catesbeianus…I always confuse who has or has not the ridge down the back. Advertisements

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08.07.2018 Tuesday Toad

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

Just a cute little American Toad to start the day.I think the little bit of swelling on the lower lip is from a mosquito bite.

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07.25.2018 Why the stern look?

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

I don’t know whether frogs and toads can shape a smile or not, but they always look rather  irritated.  I had to guide this little American Toad out of Bentley’s circle of influence.  I don’t think he would have tried … Continue reading →

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09.22.2017 Heron on a snag

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As promised, here is another shot of the preening heron a bit later as the fog began to dissipate..

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08.23.2016 Our property’s co-owner-well, one of them

Posted on August 23, 2016 by

The vast majority of us have this sense that we own the land we live on and it’s all ours.  Not so, at least not in my opinion.  Before we cleared the land, dug our foundations, erected a home, and planted … Continue reading →

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08.14.2016 Eyes of Newt

Posted on August 14, 2016 by

Red efts, the juvenile terrestrial form of the Eastern Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), are a forest floor constant during the summer in the Quabbin Reservoir…especially when the ground is wet.  We finally have had a few storms come through the last … Continue reading →

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08.06.2016-2 Frog Friday a day late

Posted on August 6, 2016 by

Should have got this up yesterday as was my intention but time got tight and I missed. From a close encounter of the Lithobates catesbeianus kind, here is an American Bullfrog in a mud puddle near Hop Brook in Amherst. Getting … Continue reading →

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