Tag Archives: Notophthalmus viridescens

07.22.2020-2 On my knees in a fen

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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04.22.2019 My annual newt shoot

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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04.01.2017 Scaly Chanterelle and an Orange Chanteuse.

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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08.14.2016 Eyes of Newt

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Steve Gingold

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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05.13.2016 Morning of the giant newt

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Steve Gingold

Red Eft/Eastern Newt/Red-spotted Newt-Notophthalmus viridescens

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03.08.2015 Summer Orange

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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06.15.2014 One Red Eft out of many

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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06.12.2014 Follow me!

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Steve Gingold

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 →

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