A Record of Salamanders

Today was not going to be the day to go out birding, but we still did. We went to the most secluded and out of the way place you can go in Cook County to look for birds and herps. We actually stopped at a few fluddles before we stopped at the forest preserve, and picked up White-rumped sandpiper and Dunlin as the two year birds of the day. Later in the day we would get an adult in full breeding plumage American Golden-Plover, and species that has been slightly more common in Cook County this year. A the FP, we ended up flipping probably about 50-80 logs in total with an end result of 16 salamanders! All ambystomas, it was still a record! We even flipped a log with a Unisexual Mole (laterale/laterale/jeffersonianum hybrid complex) that was as long as my hand!

A very productive day even though it was raining quite hard.

Posted on Μάιος 17, 2020 0545 ΜΜ by