Sightings for the Week of April 15, 2013

April 19th, 2013 | Category: Sightings

Black Racer
Photo by: Larissa Graham

This week at Grand Bay:

15th – Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum), Cornsnake (Pantherophis guttatus)

16th – Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis)

17th – Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) juvenile, Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) female

18th – Oak Toad (Anaxyrus quercicus), Black Racer (Coluber constrictor), Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis), Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus), Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus), White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Visit us on Facebook to learn more about Eastern Glass Lizards and to see photos of all of the reptiles and amphibians spotted on April 18th by the Master Naturalist Class visiting Grand Bay.

 

Oak Toad
Photo by: Larissa Graham

 

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