Michigan in early May

JessKB

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Yesterday Jaymes, Alex (Scorpion), and I went out for a day of herping. We found three species, wasted a bunch of gas, and had a blast.We had a ton of rain Monday here in South East Michigan, and the weather on Tuesday was perfectly overcast and cool.

We went to some awesome places, most that looked like this ;)

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Alex had never found a salamander before and was self-proclaimed bad luck.
He looked hard though and eventually his efforts paid off with these two fat A. Laterale

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We also found a few A. Maculatum which are a little harder to come by in Michigan.
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Our third and final species was a redback. We found two, but only the "leadback" phase

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fellow woodland herper
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soon to be roomies checking out their new apartment
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Just before dark we had a run in with a bat. This guy was awesome. He kept flying right over our heads, probably eating little bugs we scared up. He couldn't care less that we were there though and got close enough that we could see the veins in his wings. He even landed for a close up. Wish I could have gotten just a bit closer though:
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We only found three species, but we found a ton of individual sals. It was a great time!
 
Nice i was out today on the west side of the state but only had an hour. Found tons of wood, and green frogs and garter snakes. Even a neonate water snake. No sallys though.
 
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