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[jj]

I live in Westchester NY. Does anyone know any sal spots in the NY tristate area?

 

[jj]

Yeah you are probably right. I told a friend about my spot and he ended up smashing off the heads of some Two-lined Salamanders with a sledge hammer right after ripping apart most of streamside. Throwing rocks and logs all over the place. Now I can hardly find any which is why I'm asking this question. I might know another place. In my school there is a stream. Although it isn't woodlands it has it's share of wildlife like Snapping turtles and muskrats. It's very rocky so I'll try there.

There are a lot of grat spots here but most are nature preserves. Would I get in trouble if I go Salamander hunting there? There are a lot of great spots. I have a 157 acre woodland nature preserve with a lake and a few streams within about 20 minutes of my house.

(Message edited by mop on July 16, 2005)

 

[jj]

Well when I first collected the sal I gave it to my firend that I caught it with. I couldn't find any caresheets so yeah it did die. Now I'm waiting until I can set up a ten gallon tank and getting a filter and a cool place to keep the set-up. I already started to set up a pillbug culture for food. I went to the spot again and found a bunch of 4th graders running around. They were going to keep thm in a waterless twizzler box with some terrarium moss. So I don't expect to see a lot of sals there any more. All that was there to begin with was some Northern Two-Lines. In the fall I'll check back. Now I'm trying to find a new spot.

Too bad I can't collect at the nature center . It's the perfect spot for Sals. The thing is every good spot where there is a lake or something around here is a nature preserve or a nature center.

 

[dot]

I used to live in Pleasantville -- certain parts of Westchester County are pretty good for caudate observation. I would definitely suggest observation before collecting. Caudata Culture (http://caudata.org/cc) has some excellent caresheets ... also, look into checking out "Salamanders of the United States and Canada" by James Petranka from your local library.

Smashing off the heads of E.bislineata with a sledgehammer? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be incredibly hard to aim at something so small with something so large ... and heavy ... and who in their right mind would lug a sledgehammer out into the woods?

 

[jj]

He put them in a cup and dumped them on the driveway. It wasn't shock that caused it. It was being immature and cruel. He is better now. We caught a Garter Snake and he took good care of it. I guess cause garters are "cooler" then sals. I have read all the articles on CC and all the caresheets fore NTLs. I have a spare tank that is 8x16. I am feeding them pillbugs, blackworms and frozen bloods.

Yes Westchester has great woods but they are nature preserves.


(Message edited by mike_g on July 17, 2005)

 

[dot]

Edit your post and remove the information you gave as to where you'd be going to observe caudates. As Mike said before, conservation-minded individuals are not the only ones who frequent this forum.

 

[jj]

Yes mike good idea.