The Orange Wanderers.
These Red Eft are actually the young or juvenile stage of the Eastern Newt, a green amphibian common in the ponds, streams and lakes of the Northeast. Their journey will go on for about two years until they finally find a new home, settle down and become adults.
Interestingly enough, the eastern newt has magnetic material in its body that researchers believe is responsible for navigation. So, they are navigating wanderers too!
(things have been terribly busy lately :(, I promise to reply to everyone soon)
To my Steemit explorer friends,
I have probably taken over a million photographs of the natural world since childhood; this is a daily series of some of those I most treasure.
Where They are From
Many are from an organic orchard that I created on the hill above my home. When you are raising trees from saplings you are out in all weather at all hours and see remarkable things.
Some are from my art studio and my efforts there- especially those on behalf of the Tibetan people.
Still others are from my wanderings in the wilderness with compass and map my companions. Many are featured from posts I have created here on Steemit and I will link to those whenever possible if you wish to read more of the how, when and where.
Please upvote if you liked this post, and follow for more journeys through our mysterious and amazing world. And please comment as I greatly value these and will answer any questions you may have (and generally go to look at your posts of course since I consider a group of friends the most valuable possible outcome from efforts on Steemit.
*This photo was taken with the Canon EOS 70D, 18-55 mm lens