Saving Salamanders

When I got home from work today, the kids came bolting out of the house all chattering at once about saving some salamanders.  I had no idea what they were talking about.  At first I thought they were confused between salamanders and skinks (which we have a ton of around the homestead and I had yet to see a salamander.)  Scott assured me that indeed they were talking about salamanders.  He found them in a log that he was harvesting for firewood that afternoon and we needed to find them a new home. 

So we all hiked out to the current and soon to be former home of said salamanders.  After moving a few of the log pieces we found 5 beautiful little salamanders.  The contrast of their black bodies and their bright blue spots were so awesome.  

Now where to locate them to?  There is a nice downed, semi rotted out log next to our bow target that we won't be using for fire wood so we hollowed out a couple of little wholes underneath it and carefully set them down and watched as they scurried into their new home. 

We then covered up their doorway so they are set for winter.  I hope that they like their new accommodations and the kids sure had fun learning a bit about these shy little creatures that you don't get to see everyday.