Last weekend, I found a black and white salamander underneath a rock when planting a cedar tree that my dad gave me.  I left the rock they way I found it.

I identified the salamander as a slimy salamander using a field guide entitled Amphibians & Reptiles of the Carolinas & Virginia.  I highly recommend this field guide.

Here’s another bloodroot picture from our hike last weekend.

Last weekend, my wife and I went for short hike on the Appalachian Trail.  My wife took this bloodroot picture.

Here’a closeup shot of spicebush in our backyard.

Spicebush provide some nice yellow color in early spring.

I moved the automatic camera to a new location. No bigfoot or mountain lion sitings last week, only deer…