Salamanders, tadpoles, and a little shrew

The attached picture is the cluster of eggs Heather found while pulling Juncus out of the bog on Sat. morning. They are not frogs eggs so we surmise they may be salamanders. If you look closely you can see the external gills.  There are also "tons" of tadpoles in the pond! All that croaking in early spring by the adults has produced a bumper crop. Frogs may be disappearing in other locations around the world but lets hope our Tree Frogs have found a permanent home in the bog.

    Gerry

skull in a scat

Gerry reports signs of a coyote in the bog

"On Saturday we will continue to prepare the area we have been working on for the past few months. With any luck we may get the area planted before the warm dry weather arrives.  The attached pictures, taken in the bog, of coyote scat show the remains of a small rodent. Can anyone identify the critter? Squirrel maybe?"  - Gerry 
(photos, by Gerry Mignault, below)