Lang Elliott | The Snow Trekker @LangElliott | Uploaded February 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Featuring a Jefferson Salamander crossing a snow patch during its early March migration to its breeding pond. Jefferson Salamanders are members of the mole salamander group and spend most of their year in the forest under logs or in underground burrows. In late winter or early spring, usually during rainy periods, they emerge at night and make their way to ponds or swampy areas where they breed. Sometimes they even emerge when there is still snow on the ground. On a moist night in early March, I found several doing just that. My best footage is featured in this video, set to the Bach-Ganoud version of Ave Maria, played on harp by Cyril Baranov (from Pond5.com).
Featuring a Jefferson Salamander crossing a snow patch during its early March migration to its breeding pond. Jefferson Salamanders are members of the mole salamander group and spend most of their year in the forest under logs or in underground burrows. In late winter or early spring, usually during rainy periods, they emerge at night and make their way to ponds or swampy areas where they breed. Sometimes they even emerge when there is still snow on the ground. On a moist night in early March, I found several doing just that. My best footage is featured in this video, set to the Bach-Ganoud version of Ave Maria, played on harp by Cyril Baranov (from Pond5.com).
