in search of RI native herps
Our first order of business today was a herp walk at Fisherville Brook Sanctuary, led by Rhode Island Audubon and the Rhode Island Herpetological Society. The title of the program was: Turtles are Terrific! But we didn't see any.
We did however find toads and bullfrogs, and a gravid watersnake.
Water snake. Hands belong to Bob Maguire of RI Herpetological Society. And boy am I glad, 'cause he was the one who got to smell like snake musk for the rest of the walk.
My favorite native herp: bufo americanus, hiding in the grass.
An unexpectedly large crowd turned out for this event - mainly young boys around 8 to 10 years old. Fisherville Brook is a gorgeous sanctuary. I'd never been there before and will definitely be back, especially now that I know the rock where the turtles would be sunning themselves if they were sunning themselves. Sometimes Rhode Island people just run so true to the stereotype.
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