mike
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Hi All,
We've had some great rain in Napa County recently, and it has sparked a bunch of salamander
action. These photos were taken in the last ten days. The Aneides lugubris were great. A few nights ago, around half past
midnight, we found three big adults running around the base of two old oak trees. First time I had
encountered that many adults completely out of their holes at the same time so close to one another.
We picked two of them up for a closer look, and once we put them back they climbed right up one of the oaks until they were out of sight.
And the Taricha torosa just keep breeding like crazy, day and night. The ponds and creeks are filling
with the little hard balls of Taricha egg masses.
A better Taricha breedign habitat photo.
We've had some great rain in Napa County recently, and it has sparked a bunch of salamander
action. These photos were taken in the last ten days. The Aneides lugubris were great. A few nights ago, around half past
midnight, we found three big adults running around the base of two old oak trees. First time I had
encountered that many adults completely out of their holes at the same time so close to one another.
We picked two of them up for a closer look, and once we put them back they climbed right up one of the oaks until they were out of sight.
And the Taricha torosa just keep breeding like crazy, day and night. The ponds and creeks are filling
with the little hard balls of Taricha egg masses.
A better Taricha breedign habitat photo.
