Observations by davehuth

A large individual (6 - 6.5 inches) submerged in the shallows of Wildcat Creek.

Late rainy night, moved from the road to nearby trees.

A large (about 4.5 inches) beefy individual with a small chomp out of its tail.

A wonderful variation with beautiful dorsal markings and bright legs. Under a log about 12 feet from the creek.

Hopping across forest trail at night.

Juvenile, found beneath bark on the forest floor at the base of a snag, upslope from a small creek, early in the morning (about 7:30 a.m. or so).

Obviously, because of this animal's rarity and incompletely understood life cycle, finding 2 of these in a day was a huge thrill.

First identified Gray of the season, found in my neighbor's driveway on a rainy night, about 60F.

Wood frog eggs have hatched in a local vernal pool and the tadpoles number in the thousands after a couple of days.

I enjoyed documenting these defensive postures of P. cinereus.

Turning over logs in a damp forest area reveals that the efts are returning to the the surface.

Many dozens of toads present for breeding in a local pond.

Found beneath a log in a damp forest area.

Another spider that seems to live in my house. Discovered him in the bathroom sink.

Thought I was going to get to bed early, but I spied this spectacular Cellar Spider on a picture frame in my bathroom. So of course I stayed up late photographing it and posting these pics.

Though I saw a single A. americanus on nearby land on April 15, this was the first evening of the year when they were observed venturing into the pond together (5 total, no mating calls).

While flipping stones in a wet gully looking for salamanders, I flushed out this pretty Garter Snake.

A chilly 32 degrees F and in the earlier days of this season's migration, and there were not many amphibians out and about on my street. But there was this lone peeper!