The Season of Western Tiger Salamander

As I scroll through my image archives something interesting came to my mind because of a photoshoot I did a few years ago. I quickly glanced at my calendar; I realized that it was almost mid-August. An interesting phenomenon happens in my favorite National park close to Winnipeg at this time of the year.

Riding Mountain National Park is known for its rich biodiversity, as we keep an eye on big animals like Black Bears, Moose, Lynx, Foxes, and wolves, on a rainy cool evening after mid-August, an explosion of Western Tiger Salamander happens. I reckon this to the largest animal gathering in Manitoba next to the red-sided garter snakes gathering in Narcisse snake dens in Manitoba.  I am a careful driver, I will avoid driving over salamanders at all costs as they slowly march out of their ponds around Highway 10, Lake Audy Road, and side roads in and around Erickson, Manitoba, These Locations come from my observation during the last five years and western tiger salamanders can be found all around the national park and close by towns.