First 'find' of the 2010

...maybe it wasnt' a find. It warmed up to the mid seventies today.....and what is that moving in the grass in my back yard?

http://odatria.com/Pictures/1-21-10/snap1.jpg

Was not happy that I saw it :)
http://odatria.com/Pictures/1-21-10/snap2.jpg

Not a big snapper, but it was fiesty.
http://odatria.com/Pictures/1-21-10/snap3.jpg


....and it made me feel 'turtly' so I decided to take a picture of the three amigos...

http://odatria.com/Pictures/1-21-10/turtle2.jpg

Stinky... cute little turtle :)
http://odatria.com/Pictures/1-21-10/turtle1.jpg

These guys are waiting on warm weather and a little pond in the yard ;)

Thought I would share :)

Have you done any salamandering this winter in LA?

Later, Matt

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CUTE!

I just ADORE snappers, and those hatchlings are just so ridiculously cute :D

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

Have you done any salamandering this winter in LA?

Later, Matt

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Nope. I have never went salamandering in my life...ha ha...wouldn't know where to start.

and around here.....Cool weather = hunting season....I hate wondering the woods during hunting season :)

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Originally Posted by daniel1983

Nope. I have never went salamandering in my life...ha ha...wouldn't know where to start.

and around here.....Cool weather = hunting season....I hate wondering the woods during hunting season :)

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Head out to the nice forests (like the ones in western LA), and start by dipnetting in ephemeral ponds and rolling logs near creeks and depressions near bodies of water.

Later, Matt

Congrats on your first find :gj: