Across the Mississippi into Missouri.

Northern Map turtle, 11 Point River, 9/15.

Blanchard's Cricket frog, 11 Point River.

Prairie Kingsnake,  near Theodosia, 9/15. (I thought it was a Milk snake)

Western Pygmy rattlesnake, near Theodosia, 9/15. A real beauty.
 

West Virginia and Kentucky.

Juv. Northern Water snake, Castleman Run, WV, 9/9.

Northern Dusky salamander, Falls Cr., WV, 9/10.

Rough Green snake, Mammoth Cave NP, KY. 9/13.

Cricket frog, JJ Audubon SP, Henderson, KY, 9/14.
 

The long road home from Maine to New Mexico, Sept. 2019.

The Hudson at Rhinebeck, NY, with Catskills in view, 9/5.

Northern Slimy salamander, 9/7. Tiadaghton, PA.

Northern Red salamander, 9/7, Tiadaghton trail.

Two-lined salamander, Hicks Run, PA., 9/7.
 

Maine.

Lynx at Alamoosook Hatchery visitor center.

Juv. Black guillemot near Sheep Island, Maine, 8/28.

Eagle? Island.

Mackerel, Saco jetty, 9/1.
 

Return to Maine, Aug. 2019.

Alamoosook Lake, 8/23.

Alamoosook Lake, 8/24.

Acadia NP, 8/26.

 

More Wood Turtles, August 2019.

A large adult found near the Connecticut River, 8/16.

Plastron pattern.

A just hatched and emerged Wood turtle, 8/20.

Egg yolk still visible.
 

Grafton Pond, August, 2019.

This view of the lake from my back door always stops me in my tracks. When the sky and clouds are reflected, and the far shore is not visible, I always have the feeling that I am approaching the top of a hill instead of a lake. A feeling of vertigo and infinity.