Vernal Pools spread. From my book "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River," Yale Univ. Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS #sciart 🧪 🌿 🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #vernalpools
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Vernal Pools spread. From my book "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River," Yale Univ. Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS #sciart 🧪 🌿 🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #vernalpools
Vernal pool season is on in Connecticut! First Peepers and Wood Frogs :-) From my book "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River," Yale Univ. Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS #sciart 🧪 🌿 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #sciviz #scicomm #vernalpools
March 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Vernal pool season is on in Connecticut! First Peepers and Wood Frogs :-) From my book "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River," Yale Univ. Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS #sciart 🧪 🌿 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #sciviz #scicomm #vernalpools
Vernal pools spread. From my book "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River," Yale Univ. Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #vernalpools
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #vernalpools
January 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Vernal pools spread. From my book "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River," Yale Univ. Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #vernalpools
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #vernalpools
A lucky photo moment. Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in amplexus (mating). Female laying eggs as smaller male fertilizes them. Slightly older egg mass to the right. Vernal pool obligates
🐍 #woodfrogs #amplexus #mating #egglaying #herps #vernalpools #photography #naturephotography #nature
🐍 #woodfrogs #amplexus #mating #egglaying #herps #vernalpools #photography #naturephotography #nature
January 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A lucky photo moment. Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in amplexus (mating). Female laying eggs as smaller male fertilizes them. Slightly older egg mass to the right. Vernal pool obligates
🐍 #woodfrogs #amplexus #mating #egglaying #herps #vernalpools #photography #naturephotography #nature
🐍 #woodfrogs #amplexus #mating #egglaying #herps #vernalpools #photography #naturephotography #nature
Male Spotted Salamander (Amblystoma maculatum) migrated to a vernal pool early Spring from a terrestrial burrowing site. It laid spermatophores on the pool bottom (in photo), sperm clumps, to be “picked up” by females 4 fertilization.
🐍 #Spottedsalamander
#salamander #mating #vernalpools #nature
🐍 #Spottedsalamander
#salamander #mating #vernalpools #nature
January 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Male Spotted Salamander (Amblystoma maculatum) migrated to a vernal pool early Spring from a terrestrial burrowing site. It laid spermatophores on the pool bottom (in photo), sperm clumps, to be “picked up” by females 4 fertilization.
🐍 #Spottedsalamander
#salamander #mating #vernalpools #nature
🐍 #Spottedsalamander
#salamander #mating #vernalpools #nature
#Sandhill #Cranes by Alice Cahill
The #MercedNational #Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres of #Wetlands, #Native #Grasslands, #VernalPools, and #Riparian areas in #California #USA
#Photography
#Birds
#Sunset
#Nature
The #MercedNational #Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres of #Wetlands, #Native #Grasslands, #VernalPools, and #Riparian areas in #California #USA
#Photography
#Birds
#Sunset
#Nature
May 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#Sandhill #Cranes by Alice Cahill
The #MercedNational #Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres of #Wetlands, #Native #Grasslands, #VernalPools, and #Riparian areas in #California #USA
#Photography
#Birds
#Sunset
#Nature
The #MercedNational #Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres of #Wetlands, #Native #Grasslands, #VernalPools, and #Riparian areas in #California #USA
#Photography
#Birds
#Sunset
#Nature
My handle refers to vernal pools which are about to start their Spring creative fling within the month 🦎🐸. Yay! (I’m also on #iNaturalist with an array of critters; same vernal3 handle.)
Please drive slowly, especially wet nights above 40* F or 4.5* C.
#vernalpools #amphibians #Springmigration
Please drive slowly, especially wet nights above 40* F or 4.5* C.
#vernalpools #amphibians #Springmigration
Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!
March 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My handle refers to vernal pools which are about to start their Spring creative fling within the month 🦎🐸. Yay! (I’m also on #iNaturalist with an array of critters; same vernal3 handle.)
Please drive slowly, especially wet nights above 40* F or 4.5* C.
#vernalpools #amphibians #Springmigration
Please drive slowly, especially wet nights above 40* F or 4.5* C.
#vernalpools #amphibians #Springmigration
I’m going to go stand in a puddle and commune with the tinies today. Here is the puddle when it was at max capacity a few weeks ago. #vernalpools #YoloCo
March 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I’m going to go stand in a puddle and commune with the tinies today. Here is the puddle when it was at max capacity a few weeks ago. #vernalpools #YoloCo
The Biogeography of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/b...
#Wetlands #biogeography #geography #botany #soils #nativeplants #vernalpools #conservation #ecosystems #californianativeplants #nature #ecology
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/b...
#Wetlands #biogeography #geography #botany #soils #nativeplants #vernalpools #conservation #ecosystems #californianativeplants #nature #ecology
Biogeography of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands
Valley Hardpan Vernal Pool – Santa Rosa Plain, R.Forest Biogeography of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands For the purpose of this research, and to get a better understanding of this o…
calgeographic.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The Biogeography of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/b...
#Wetlands #biogeography #geography #botany #soils #nativeplants #vernalpools #conservation #ecosystems #californianativeplants #nature #ecology
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/b...
#Wetlands #biogeography #geography #botany #soils #nativeplants #vernalpools #conservation #ecosystems #californianativeplants #nature #ecology
2 Spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) & 2 Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) crossing road during migrations to breeding pools here in Western Massachusetts
#HappyFrogDay #amphibians #frogs #SpringPeeper #WoodFrog #SpringMigrations #Breeding #Wetlands #VernalPools 🦎🌎🐸🦑🐍🐢
#HappyFrogDay #amphibians #frogs #SpringPeeper #WoodFrog #SpringMigrations #Breeding #Wetlands #VernalPools 🦎🌎🐸🦑🐍🐢
March 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
2 Spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) & 2 Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) crossing road during migrations to breeding pools here in Western Massachusetts
#HappyFrogDay #amphibians #frogs #SpringPeeper #WoodFrog #SpringMigrations #Breeding #Wetlands #VernalPools 🦎🌎🐸🦑🐍🐢
#HappyFrogDay #amphibians #frogs #SpringPeeper #WoodFrog #SpringMigrations #Breeding #Wetlands #VernalPools 🦎🌎🐸🦑🐍🐢
Some of my favoritist critters - fairy shrimp, Eubranchipus vernalis, one of 2 species found in Massachusetts. Live as adults for a brief ~2 weeks in Spring vernal pools. Much more info. in video Alt.
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
March 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Some of my favoritist critters - fairy shrimp, Eubranchipus vernalis, one of 2 species found in Massachusetts. Live as adults for a brief ~2 weeks in Spring vernal pools. Much more info. in video Alt.
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
#fairyshrimp #Eubranchipus
#vernalpools #Massachusetts #iNaturalist
#crustaceans #invertebrates
To see the complete poem about this development, go to: quailridgelt.org/vernalpools....
April 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
To see the complete poem about this development, go to: quailridgelt.org/vernalpools....
The Geomorphology of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/l...
#Wetlands #geomorphology #geography #geology #California #ecology #vernalpools #conservation
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/l...
#Wetlands #geomorphology #geography #geology #California #ecology #vernalpools #conservation
Geomorphology of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands
Emergent vegetation delineating a sag pond along the San Andreas Fault, R. Forest Geomorphology of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands For the purpose of this research, and to get a better un…
calgeographic.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Geomorphology of California’s Seasonal Freshwater Wetlands
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/l...
#Wetlands #geomorphology #geography #geology #California #ecology #vernalpools #conservation
calgeographic.com/2023/04/28/l...
#Wetlands #geomorphology #geography #geology #California #ecology #vernalpools #conservation
Hot off press. Resolution not great . . .but timing was right. Largest concentration of fairy shrimp ( #Eubranchipus) I’ve ever seen. These are likely E. vernalis, the only one of 2 Massachusetts species not listed. Many males; no brood pouches. Early season? March 26, 2025.
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
March 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hot off press. Resolution not great . . .but timing was right. Largest concentration of fairy shrimp ( #Eubranchipus) I’ve ever seen. These are likely E. vernalis, the only one of 2 Massachusetts species not listed. Many males; no brood pouches. Early season? March 26, 2025.
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
#vernalpools #Bugsky 🐞🪰
Spring is springing: the frogs & #salamanders and filling up the #vernalpools with jelly eggs, the tender plants are coming up in spite of bad news. A surging reminder that #climateaction and #environmentalpolicywork, local, national, and global, is never more imperative than now, & going forward.
April 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Spring is springing: the frogs & #salamanders and filling up the #vernalpools with jelly eggs, the tender plants are coming up in spite of bad news. A surging reminder that #climateaction and #environmentalpolicywork, local, national, and global, is never more imperative than now, & going forward.
Yellow carpet - Blennosperma nanum in the vernal pools in Solano County today at Jepson Prairie Preserve. One of the first flowers to start blooming in our area. I signed up to be a docent this year and I’m taking their courses and they are fantastic. #wildflowers #vernalpools
February 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Yellow carpet - Blennosperma nanum in the vernal pools in Solano County today at Jepson Prairie Preserve. One of the first flowers to start blooming in our area. I signed up to be a docent this year and I’m taking their courses and they are fantastic. #wildflowers #vernalpools
#VernalPools are where its at 👀
A vernal pool flooded over the trail and I couldn't help but to check out all of the interesting life in it.
April 23, 2026 at 3:26 AM
#VernalPools are where its at 👀
On a warm night with & temp. above 40F our amphibian friends wake up from their winter slumber and migrate downstream to vernal pools.
Here's a Wood Frog I photographed. Mar. 5 Stow, MA
#amphibians #frogs #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #vernalpools #springtime #willdlifephotography #wetlands
Here's a Wood Frog I photographed. Mar. 5 Stow, MA
#amphibians #frogs #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #vernalpools #springtime #willdlifephotography #wetlands
March 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
On a warm night with & temp. above 40F our amphibian friends wake up from their winter slumber and migrate downstream to vernal pools.
Here's a Wood Frog I photographed. Mar. 5 Stow, MA
#amphibians #frogs #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #vernalpools #springtime #willdlifephotography #wetlands
Here's a Wood Frog I photographed. Mar. 5 Stow, MA
#amphibians #frogs #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #vernalpools #springtime #willdlifephotography #wetlands
“Just 25 years ago, the ‘vernal pool’ habitat concept was hardly even found in the lexicon of natural resource professionals in the mid-Atlantic region, much less known by the general public.
“We can’t save what we don’t understand and value . . . .”
#vernalpools #amphibians #invertebrates
“We can’t save what we don’t understand and value . . . .”
#vernalpools #amphibians #invertebrates
Vernal Pools Book — Steven David Johnson - Conservation Photography
www.stevendavidjohnson.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
“Just 25 years ago, the ‘vernal pool’ habitat concept was hardly even found in the lexicon of natural resource professionals in the mid-Atlantic region, much less known by the general public.
“We can’t save what we don’t understand and value . . . .”
#vernalpools #amphibians #invertebrates
“We can’t save what we don’t understand and value . . . .”
#vernalpools #amphibians #invertebrates
Gotta love #vernalpools. This, in the back of my neighbor's yard. She has a duck pair she calls Fred and Ethel that have made their 4th year appearance, this year showing up on the same day as in 2025.
#spring #ducks #nature
#spring #ducks #nature
April 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Gotta love #vernalpools. This, in the back of my neighbor's yard. She has a duck pair she calls Fred and Ethel that have made their 4th year appearance, this year showing up on the same day as in 2025.
#spring #ducks #nature
#spring #ducks #nature
One of our pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) reflecting in the pond this evening.
(And one of the garden poop culprits back left.)
#gardeningforwildlife #wildlifeponds #vernalpools
(And one of the garden poop culprits back left.)
#gardeningforwildlife #wildlifeponds #vernalpools
May 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
One of our pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) reflecting in the pond this evening.
(And one of the garden poop culprits back left.)
#gardeningforwildlife #wildlifeponds #vernalpools
(And one of the garden poop culprits back left.)
#gardeningforwildlife #wildlifeponds #vernalpools
Coming to bookshelves in March just in time for “Big Night”
Salamander Song
book samples just arrived 😻
#salamanders #kidlit #childrensbooks #bignight #vernalpools
#naturalwonders #amphibiansofbluesky
Salamander Song
book samples just arrived 😻
#salamanders #kidlit #childrensbooks #bignight #vernalpools
#naturalwonders #amphibiansofbluesky
January 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Coming to bookshelves in March just in time for “Big Night”
Salamander Song
book samples just arrived 😻
#salamanders #kidlit #childrensbooks #bignight #vernalpools
#naturalwonders #amphibiansofbluesky
Salamander Song
book samples just arrived 😻
#salamanders #kidlit #childrensbooks #bignight #vernalpools
#naturalwonders #amphibiansofbluesky
Live Animal Exhibit! Movie! Vernal Pool Exploration!
Join us for a free, family‑friendly adventure into the world of vernal ponds — the temporary wetlands that burst with life each spring.
April 13 | 6:30pm | Swampscott, MA
Free registration: tinyurl.com/3bn9csds
#VernalPonds #VernalPools #Nature
Join us for a free, family‑friendly adventure into the world of vernal ponds — the temporary wetlands that burst with life each spring.
April 13 | 6:30pm | Swampscott, MA
Free registration: tinyurl.com/3bn9csds
#VernalPonds #VernalPools #Nature
February 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Live Animal Exhibit! Movie! Vernal Pool Exploration!
Join us for a free, family‑friendly adventure into the world of vernal ponds — the temporary wetlands that burst with life each spring.
April 13 | 6:30pm | Swampscott, MA
Free registration: tinyurl.com/3bn9csds
#VernalPonds #VernalPools #Nature
Join us for a free, family‑friendly adventure into the world of vernal ponds — the temporary wetlands that burst with life each spring.
April 13 | 6:30pm | Swampscott, MA
Free registration: tinyurl.com/3bn9csds
#VernalPonds #VernalPools #Nature