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Well Donna I should have but wasn't familiar with the migration.
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But our yard is a favorite with Salamanders. Late in the summers there
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will be dozens - under everything in the yard - there will be a few. If
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it comes another warm evening I'll go look.
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They remind me of fresh water snails. Little known in Nova Scotia
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but one lake I go to often has an almost neutral pH - probably sits
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on an outcrop of Windsor soil group. Anyway once I was fishing there abo=
ut
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this time of the year as the water warms
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and caught some trout that felt crunchy. I took a couple home to set why
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and when I cleaned them, I found them full of snails. I phoned a friend =
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fly were
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you using. A little black # 16 job with a black hackle. That's the r=
ight fly he said and
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he just had a call from a friend in Tasmania who had the same experience=
. Same fly.
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He said the snails overwinter in deep water and when the water warms the=
y rise in
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the water column and float to shore where they spend the summer in the s=
hallow water.
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Of course in Tasmania the water was getting cold and they were migrating=
to deep water.
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It all got written up in a book.
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A lot of stuff goes on!
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Enjoy early April!
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Paul
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<!-- <![endif] -->On April 2, 2016 at 8:15 PM Donna Crossland <dcros=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I am wondering if oth=
er folks out there may want to check for migrating salamanders tonight.=
0; I=E2=80=99m not an expert but perhaps start checking the perimeter of po=
nds and then working our way back to forests might be a good tactic.  =
Someone else may have a better idea.</span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Last night, my husban=
d discovered a large yellow-spotted salamander outside the garage, clearly =
on his/her way to the local pond last night.  He/she froze as the sudd=
en light of the opened garage door very likely shocked it to a halt, or per=
haps it was the vibrations of footsteps.  As they are known to move to=
ponds in a rather synchronous episode on the first night above 5 degrees C=
elsius and preferably moist and rainy, the event may have been completed la=
st night.  However, tonight=E2=80=99s weather fits the criteria, too (=
at least in the valley), so I am going to do a little checking tonight. =
60;I am wondering if anyone else will be checking this out, too.</span></p>=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Of course if they=E2=
=80=99ve already reached their destinations, a careful flashlight verificat=
ion of pond bottoms might reveal them.  Also, if they are moving tonig=
ht, we might consider trying to help them across roads before they get squi=
shed.</span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">(I=E2=80=98ve already=
expressed my disappointment for not having been told of last night=E2=80=
=99s salamander encounter until this AM!  To miss an annual event!)</s=
pan></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I suppose they=E2=80=
=99ll be fine with this abrupt cold flash that is going to slam us in the c=
oming days.  Nasty.</span></p>=20
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