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| GNC Vernal Pool 1 |
I look and think of the various things I have seen over the years as I have walked my trail at Gorman. I have longed for the ice to melt on the vernal pools, thinking we might be one step closer to seeing dragon flies. This was my favorite pool last season. I made prints of pictures I captured here and they are hung in the visitors center presently. I also made a short slide show about creatures from this pool.
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| Vernal Pool 2 |
This pool, just 30 yards from the one above is still frozen on top. I photographed wood frogs in this pool while they were mating.
On this particular day, April 1, I was wondering about salamanders. I am told that they migrate from the woods, where they live under rocks, down to the vernal pools to mate. It supposedly happens on the night of the first "warm" rain. I was wondering if we have had that night yet this year. If I were younger, I would like stay up to photograph them sometime. For now, I will have to satisfy myself with their images from other times and places.
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| Salamander Larvae |
I have netted them from the pond.
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| Tiger Salamander |
I have found them on the trail after a flash flood.
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| Tiger Salamander |
The "classroom" salamander came along with a toad I once photographed. I don't think they are very photogenic. It seams that the spotted salamander fits that role better. Maybe I will find one sometime.
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