Significant Wildlife Habitat:
Significant Vernal Pools
Submit comments on your observations of vernal pool breeding activity and the progress of egg laying. If approved, your comments will display below along with others.
Comments
Name: Stephenie Town: Auburn Comment date: April 22, 2008 11:33 AM
Comment:
4/17 - Noticed that WFs are just getting started in Auburn. I heard WFs chorusing and observed two egg masses in small pool along ATV trail in cleared area.
Name: Lee Burman Town: Bar Harbor Comment date: April 22, 2008 11:34 AM
Comment:
Spotted salamander egg masses observed in Bar Harbor wooded pool 4/17.
Name: Caitie Town: Bar Harbor Comment date: April 30, 2008 11:31 AM
Comment:
Peepers are singing me to sleep everynight as of April 20th.
Name: Stephenie Town: Brunswick Comment date: April 16, 2008 1:48 PM
Comment:
Wood frog egg masses found as early as 4/10 in Brunswick.
Name: Håkan Town: E. Boothbay Comment date: April 30, 2008 11:31 AM
Comment:
I heard my first WF of the season on the 9th of April, followed by a chorus of them on the 10th. This was followed by a Spring Peeper on the 13th. On the 14th I found five WF egg masses. Then on the 21st I counted ten salamander egg masses. Tonight, 28th, I visited the vernal pool and managed to get two pictures of Spotted Salamanders laying eggs, of which there are now 40+. I also managed to observe at least five other Spotted Salamanders. It was a great night.
Name: Jeanne T. Town: Freeman Township Comment date: May 6, 2008 11:24 AM
Comment:
I observed two wood frogs copulating and the female laying eggs in a vernal pool in Freeman Township on 4/25/08. This pair and/or others had produced five complete eggmasses attached to sticks along the edge of the pool.
Name: Rich Bard Town: Jonesboro Comment date: April 22, 2008 11:35 AM
Comment:
Wood frogs are breeding as of 4/19/08, even with ice still in some parts of pools.
Name: Sarah Town: Leeds, ME Comment date: May 2, 2008 9:24 AM
Comment:
April 30: Wood frog, spotted, and blue-spotted salamander egg masses observed in Leeds - on the northern Maine/southern Maine boundary line per the regulations.
Name: Annette Town: Lincoln Comment date: April 22, 2008 1:28 PM
Comment:
4/22 - Can hear the wood frogs chorusing here in Lincoln
Name: Barry Mower Town: Manchester Comment date: April 22, 2008 11:35 AM
Comment:
Saturday April 19, I observed wood frog egg masses but no spotted salamander egg masses yet.
Name: Don Town: Monroe Comment date: April 22, 2008 11:34 AM
Comment:
Chorusing wood frogs heard for first time this season in forested habitat, approx 600' asl, in northern Waldo County.
Name: Roger St.Amand Town: Mount Desert Comment date: April 22, 2008 11:35 AM
Comment:
First spotted salamander egg masses seen today. wood frog egg masses found 4/10. Still chorusing in some areas
Name: Clayton Town: Unity Comment date: April 24, 2008 4:23 PM
Comment:
The first A. maculatum's showed up on the 20th that I noticed. First A. maculatum eggs and spermataphores I noticed on the 22nd. 23rd, I captured 14 A. maculatum's in that pool, 2 of them were recaptures that I caught last year. I also spotted several clams, beetles, etc, but no fairy shrimp.
Name: Theresa Kerchner Town: Wayne Comment date: April 24, 2008 4:24 PM
Comment:
In Wayne Village area wood frogs started calling on Monday, April 21st. There were 50+ wood frog egg masses in the Kennebec Land Trust pool( Besse Historic Conservation Area) as of this am
(4/24/08). Wood frogs very active - calling and movement in pool.
This is a wood frog /spotted salamander dominated pool.
Name: Theresa Kerchner Town: Wayne Comment date: May 2, 2008 9:23 AM
Comment:
A few spotted salamander egg masses in KLT Besse Historic Conservation Area pool (Wayne)on 4/29, water in pool seemed low for this time of year. Morning of 4/30 after Tuesday rains, 50+ spotted masses. One spotted egg mass was attached to a branch about 5 feet above the pool - very odd!
Name: Alex Finamore Town: Wells Comment date: April 16, 2008 1:45 PM
Comment:
First Egg Masses Observed on Friday, April 11th.
