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Please feel free to send me your favorite wetland and wildlife related photos. Please request permission to reprint any of the photos.

 PHOTOS (click photos to enlarge)

Fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus sp.) located in an old quarry pool in Aroostook County (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates). Fairy Shrimp IMG_0735.jpg (83412 bytes)
Northern leopard frog egg mass from an Aroostook County farm pond (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates). N Leopard Frog Egg Masses IMG_0756.jpg (131042 bytes)
American toads (Bufo americanus) in amplexus - found in a shallow pool in a former sandpit (Laura Lapierre, Normandeau Associates).
Caddisfly predation on a wood frog egg mass taken on a project in Brewer (Chet Bigelow, James W. Sewall Company).  woodfrogeggsw_caddis.JPG (104387 bytes)
Photo taken during a mitigation site inspection of MEDOT's mitigation for Rt. 9. This was restoration of a former roadbed. It has a stream running down through it and joining a larger one in the foreground. This was taken about 2 growing seasons after construction (Ruth Ladd, ACOE). MEDOT Rt 9 restoration.jpg (310387 bytes)
D-netting for critters during a mitigation site inspection at a created vernal pool in Yarmouth, Maine (Ruth Ladd, ACOE). Trolling for critters in VP 6-00.jpg (186489 bytes)
Nice close-up of a wood turtle found on a mitigation site in Scarborough - note the remnants of orange slugs and the caterpillar leg sticking out from it's formidable beak (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates) 237 20080625 06.jpg (1120025 bytes)
Trying to seek relief from the hot morning sunshine I suppose, this wood frog was observed moving backwards into the cool and shady gullet of a garter snake who lives near a vernal pool in Winslow, ME. (Photo and description by Don Phillips, Phillips Ecoservices) VP3, garter snake vs wd frog (4).jpg (402949 bytes)
Twelve spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) found within a wetland adjacent to a small stream in upstate New York.  These dragonflies are often found along lakes, ponds, marshes, and slow moving streams (Steve Knapp, Kleinschmidt USA). Libpul.JPG (430627 bytes)
Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus) observed feasting then fleeing a vernal pool in Windham, Maine (Stephenie Swiezynski, TRC Environmental).

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Wood Turtle (Clemmys insculpta) - a Maine-listed Species of Special Concern - found lumbering across a logging road in western Maine - (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates.) Wood Turtle Team B Access Road 07242006 2.JPG (861199 bytes)
Big 'ol northern water snake (Nerodia s. sipedon) observed in Raymond Pond in Raymond, Maine (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates).

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Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) - Maine-listed Species of Special Concern (due to apparent decline of southern Maine population) - )Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates) R-pipiens.jpg (143430 bytes)
Blue spotted salamander eggs (Ambystoma laterale) eggs found in a well-forested Orrington (Penobscot County) pool - (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates) 042706_002.jpg (262608 bytes)
Two little peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) (at least 2!) hiding out in an old survey pipe, found in October in Cumberland, Maine (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates). 

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Lee found this gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) a couple of years ago (Lee Burman, SW Cole). Photos/frog1.jpg (44762 bytes)
Spotted salamander (Abystoma maculatum) egg mass - Lee Burman. eggs.jpg (54550 bytes)
Click on the red salamander (Psuedotriton ruber) photo to the right. This little guy was living under silt fence next to spring-fed brook on a newly constructed pipeline right-of-way in northern New Jersey. Photo by Richard Jordan of Boyle Associates. 

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This photo of an eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) was taken by Oscar Emerson, Down to Earth Professional Land Services; Specimen discovered by Cody Emerson, adjacent to Great Works Stream in Bradley, Maine. notophthalmus2.jpg (66956 bytes)
Four male and one female wood frog  in mating congress in 2006 (Tim Forrester of EcoAnalysts). 4 on 1 woodfrog style.jpg (66455 bytes)
 Water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) photo taken by Dick Boothby on the Taum Sauk Creek, in Lesterville, MO.  WATER-MOC.jpg (183456 bytes)
 Black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta), photo taken by Dick Boothby on the Taum Sauk Creek, in Lesterville, MO.  BLACK-SNAKE.jpg (138134 bytes)

Please feel free to send me your favorite wetland related photos, I will circulate them on this page and eventually will start a photo page dedicated to showcasing wetland-related photographs.

 


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