February 17th salamander activity

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matt ignoffo
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February 17th salamander activity

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Not too much, but they were active. This was the earliest I have seen them.

These pics were through a manhole cover, so sorry about the quality. We did not see any movement on the ground, just below. They were very active.

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This next one was massive...really.

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The ground was still mostly frozen, this was next to the pond.
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Very interesting.
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very cool matt!!! was a nice brief tease we had last week.......
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Next to a pond....................Man hole cover................I'm lost...........That has got to be the first pond that has a man hole access. :lol: :lol: :lol: What kind of pond is it ..$hIT POND?

Nice to see anyways thanks for the teaser :beer:

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It's actually an OK quality marsh. A suburban elementary school sits in the "upland"...The parking lot of which has sewers which probably drain the parking lot into the marsh. This is just a quarter mile from my home.
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Re: February 17th salamander activity

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Is that a bunch of Blue Spotteds and a lone Tiger? Very interesting, indeed.
Thanks for sharing,
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Re: February 17th salamander activity

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It's all tigers. The one is just huge, with a fat belly too. Nine incher and then some
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