Brown Leaf Weevil  Phyllobius oblongus

At the biological station, the last part of our course involves a group research project. Our idea got shot down multiple times before we eventually discovered the presence of the Brown Leaf Weevil feeding on many of the species of shade trees on the station

Pink Lady’s Slipper Cypripedium acaule

The biological station is covered in these gorgeous orchids

Wood Frog  Lithobates sylvaticus

We were doing our plants class when our group stumbled onto this wood frog

Beech Fern  Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Eastern Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum

A DOR milksnake. I would have loved to have found this individual alive.

American Toad  Anaxyrus americanus

Almost all of the toads here in the Adirondacks have that white stripe down their back

Northern Brown Snake Storeria dekayi

Posed under a beautiful fringed polygala

Black Spruce  Picea mariana

I just spent a few weeks here doing classes and beginning to learn the basics of field work

Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis

Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

The same feisty individual

American Toad  Anaxyrus americanus

Eastern Garter Snake  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Slowly coming farther out of the juniper to see if I’ve left yet

American Toad  Anaxyrus americanus

Resting and waiting to call

American Toad Anaxyrus americanus

This little guy was so small

Northern Brown Snake  Storeria dekayi

I know that they’re really common snakes but I still love their simple colors

American Toad  Anaxyrus americanus

Probably one of the most gorgeous toads I’ve ever seen