BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 30, 2020
Wrapped around a submerged tree branch, the egg mass blended into the dead leaves and muck at the bottom of the woodland pool. I would have missed it if I hadn’t been specifically searching for frog and salamander eggs. I’d been checking the pool for weeks in hopes of some activity. I knelt down for a closer look, and as I focused on the dark, velvety eggs — perfect spheres, each floating inside a clear protective ball — they began to appear alien and so very obvious. ~ Aislinn Sarnacki