Yellow-Eyed Ensatina Salamander (Digital Images) |
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| An opportunity to walk along a quiet country road. | ||
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| Enjoying subtle seasonal changes. | ||
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| And colorful wild mushrooms. | ||
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| Observing the natural world. | ||
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| Lichen thrives in the moist springtime air. | ||
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| An old stump half buried in roadside leaf litter. | ||
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| Home to a seldom seen woodland creature. | ||
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| The Yellow-Eyed Ensatina Salamander, a Monterey sub-species. | ||
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| Lung less, respiring completely through its skin. Very fragile, avoid handling. | ||
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| Disturbed by fresh air and light, it retreated to the recesses of its dark earthen home. | ||
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| While above ground spring wildflowers bloomed. | ||
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