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| Northern Water Snake |
After blowing sixty dollars worth of gas yesterday, the thought of birding South County did not appeal to me. I thought about kayking the upper bay looking for Diamondback Terrapins, but my back has been hurting and didn't want to deal with loading and unloading my kayak. However, today was a gorgeous day in southern New England and I didn't want to waste it. After some lollygagging I decided to go herping.
I had a pretty good day. I saw about nine Pickerel Frogs which is probably four more than I'd ever seen total. I ran across some very tiny baby Fowler's Toads at the same place. It took my about four hours before I found my first and only snake. It was a two foot long Northern Water Snake.
Later in the day I went out again. I found bullfrogs, Painted Turtles, and Snapping Turtles. I didn't see any snakes or anything rare. I did get a good photo of a blue dragonfly and I did see a bunch of invasive Green Sunfish.
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| Baby Fowler's Toad |
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| Green Sunfish |
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| Slaty Skimmer (Mike Tucker gave me the ID) |
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| Snapping Turtle thrilled to see me |
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| Painted Turtle |
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| Pickerel Frog |
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