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Jaffrey Weekend - Vertibrates

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It was a good weekend for wildlife in Jaffrey. The water snake was down by the shore of Gilmore Pond.

The beaver skull was wide out in the open, just as shown, deep in the woods.

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Small toad surrounded by grass and flowers
Black snake, coiled
small orange newt
large toad on dead leaves
white skull with plant growing out of eye socket
small yellow/brown frog on windowsill

Northern Red-Bellied Snake

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Monty and George and I went up to camp at Pine Haven, and visit with Denton on the Crew Weekend of his camp. Saturday morning, we weren't scheduled to be anywhere, and Monty wanted more sleep, so George and I went for a walk around and about, and ended up at the power line cut, chasing bugs and flipping logs. This delightful snake is a northern red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata) - they are not scarce, but I had never seen one before.

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Northern Red-Bellied Snake
Northern Red-Bellied Snake
Northern Red-Bellied Snake

De Kay's snake

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I was tidying the garden this morning and came upon a snake. I had never seen the behavior before, but it makes sense - it was holding still, with most of its body a couple of inches off the ground - given the cool cloudy day, I don't think there were any basking spots, and it was so cold that it made no attempt to evade being picked up.

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De Kay's snake, in George's hands
De Kay's snake, in George's hands (coiled)
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