June 7- June 13

-- We got the reciprocal transplant experiment going at Mahogany this week. There are enough retreat sites in each enclosure to hide at least 20 snakes--when you get there in the morning no one is visible. But they get sun on and off through the day, and then you can see plenty of them. Here is a picture of one of the enclosures:

-- It was easy to catch plenty of tadpoles at Roney in just over an hour for feeding the transplant snakes. They are very big and fat now, and most have tiny legs partially or completely emerged.

-- Apart from tadpoles, we also found a sandhill crane has taken up residence at Roney.

-- On June 12 at 10:30 AM Mahogany, while waiting for transplant snakes to feed, we saw a medium-sized hawk pass directly in front of us, and circle the lake twice, flying low along the shore. He dove twice and circled over small areas, but appeared to miss what he was looking for. This was the most like snake hunting before I have ever seen in a raptor. I wish I could have identified him exactly, but he seemed so much blonder than any of the hawks in my field guide, that I'm having trouble making a match.