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07.22.2020-2 On my knees in a fen
I visited Bear Swamp in Ashfield, MA the other day looking for orchids that were mentioned to me by a friend. I went to the wrong part of the fen at first but did eventually find the orchid on my … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged amphibian, Bear Swamp, eastern newt, eastern red-spotted newt, Massachusetts, New England, Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft, red-spotted newt, The Trustees of Reservations, western massachusetts
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04.22.2019 My annual newt shoot
Walking the gate roads of Quabbin requires a certain level of diligence to be sure not to step on red efts. Especially after a rain, they are almost as foolhardy with their existence as the earthworms that layabout the sidewalks … Continue reading
04.01.2017 Scaly Chanterelle and an Orange Chanteuse.
Lots of good April Fool’s stuff going around, but that’s not in my wheelhouse, as they say, so I’ll just post something more summery on this snowy, slushy April 1st. Turbinellus kauffmanii fka Gomphus kauffmanii fka Cantharellus kauffmanii-Kauffman’s Scaly Chantarelle … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, ecology, Fungi, macro photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Trustees of Reservations, Western Massachusetts
Tagged amphibian, Cantharellus kauffmanii, chantarelle, Chesterfield Gorge, eastern newt, eastern red-spotted newt, fungus, Gomphus kauffmanii, mushroom, natural history image, Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft, The Trustees of Reservations, Turbinellus kauffmanii
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08.14.2016 Eyes of Newt
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
05.13.2016 Morning of the giant newt
Red Eft/Eastern Newt/Red-spotted Newt-Notophthalmus viridescens
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Tagged amphibian, eastern newt, newt, Notophthalmus viridescens, Quabbin, red eft, red-spotted newt
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03.08.2015 Summer Orange
Today was so confusing. There was a glimmer of a sunrise, followed by the sky becoming quite overcast by late morning. Murphy and I went for a walk and a snow squall popped by for a short visit. This afternoon … Continue reading
06.15.2014 One Red Eft out of many
How do we know what carnage we wreak when we walk in the woods? Obviously, I am not going to sit at home or walk only on pavement all the time…and even then there is the odd insect that you … Continue reading
06.12.2014 Follow me!
Today I visited Goldmine Brook Falls in Chester, MA. I want to give a big plug to Greg Parsons and Kate B. Watson for their book, New England Waterfalls, as I would never have found this without them. They review … Continue reading
Posted in Fauna, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts
Tagged amphibian, cascades, Chester, eastern red-spotted newt, Goldmine Brook Falls, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft, red-spotted newt, waterfall, western massachusetts
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