We weren't along any road crossings (and didn't notice any critters crossing during the drive to Easton), but we went for a walk along the old Hock RR grade. We found 8 wood frogs (4 males, 4 females) in and at the edges of the first two VPs along the grade, and that was it for the night. I was surprised to not find any on the move toward the VPs, but there wasn't any rain and I'm sure there are bigger movements to come. I was also surprised to find as many females as males out; I normally find more males out early and females out a week or so later. Small sample size, though.
Further down the grade we counted 26 blue-spotted salamanders on the move, and they were spaced out quite a bit. Unfortunately I didn't count males/females, in fact, I didn't even start making a mental note of gender until we had already seen a dozen or so. Hopefully next time I'll probably be a little less excited and a little more observant. I was surprised to find so many, especially as spaced out as some of them were from each other. 2 red-backed salamanders were the only other amphibians we spotted.
I was surprised that there weren't more wood frogs and that we didn't encounter or hear any peepers. Maybe that's a week or two down the line? Anybody find any spotteds on the move in Bristol/Plymouth Counties, yet?
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