So since I've been at "home" in Round Mountain with my parents, I had the opportunity to help my Dad burn some stuff around the house. I know that sounds a little funny, but up here you can burn! Pretty much what it it entails is a bunch of trees and bushes that had been cleared a few months ago on our property. Theres about 10 piles of bushes that have been sitting on our property waiting to be burned... Mind you they're not little piles. They're about 10 feet tall and 30 feet long... A LOT of stuff to burn.
So when I went to help my Dad, I was in an area where the dirt was kind of moist and as I picked up some piles of branches, this is what I found!!
A Salamander! We have never seen one on our property and considering that we're not too near water it was a shock to see one! I've never actually seen one up close in real life before either. After I took his picture I let him go :( but the funny thing is that a week later my Dad and I was out in another area burning and we saw ANOTHER one... Weird! My parents have lived up here for three years and this is the first non-frog amphibian we've seen.
I know its not all that impressive but I thought that it was pretty neat.
