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A single individual among 72 spotted salamanders caught in a trap placed the previous evening near spermatophores. Southern vernal pool on the Hartford Town Forest. Pool was frozen a week ago. Warm weather and rain this week including rain last night. The pool is now about 1/2 ice-covered. VT FWD permit to capture and release for educational purposes... Hartford Conservation Commission's annual vernal pool walk.

The bobcat came back (I presume it was the same one as a week ago) -in the early afternoon so I got a better photo of it. It chased a grey squirrel up a birch tree although it went up the tree a little it was not able to catch the squirrel. after turning to look at us (we were behind our patio door) it yawned then slowly went up the hill behind the house.