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Almost all restricted to puddles, little active movement observed on this night. This puddle had 30+, 50-60 seen on the walk. Few other herps out; one American toad and one pickerel frog, nothing seen crossing the road as I drove through areas that have been productive historically.

Weather humid ~50F, windy. Light rain for about an hour which stopped a couple hours before sunset and remained overcast, but the wind dried things out a little. Some of the roads were partially dry and trails weren't dry but also not super wet, which may or may not have decreased movement.

2023 has been an interesting year with hardly a winter at all and several 50 degree days in February (and even a 60 degree day on the second of January!) in which I wasn't actively looking at precipitation with herps on the brain. First wood frogs were heard this year around the 10th of February. This was one of the first if not the first day in March that had potentially promising big night conditions.

Lots of peepers calling but no wood frogs which seemed kind of odd as they are usually present at the vernal pools here.