Catherine and I have recently gotten involved in an ongoing effort to monitor vernal pools in our area, part of a broader region-wide citizen-science project. (It’s wonderful what you can find the time for when you retire!) As a consequence we have become aware of the challenges that amphibians (frogs and salamanders) face when breeding time comes in early spring.
A vernal pool above the sugarbush
One of these challenges is migration – the frogs...