Dani Davis<\/a> and I had come for frosted flatwoods salamander larvae footage, and we shot our fill. Look for that segment later.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnyhow, I had driven all the way from Tallahassee. We were at a US Forest Service facility deep in the Apalachicola National Forest, not far from the salamander\u2019s habitat. When we filmed FWC biologist Pierson Hill collecting eggs in December, the animal\u2019s ephemeral wetland breeding ponds were dry. But there\u2019d been a good amount of rain by late March. It was a great opportunity to film the ponds full, to illustrate the wet\/ dry cycle of these dynamic wetlands. After all, the frosted\u2019s ecology is bound to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I wanted to get some full pond footage. And also, I\u2019d been seeing flowering carnivorous plants all over Facebook. There were likely to be some around these wetlands\u2026 so maybe I wouldn\u2019t have been opposed to some additional exploring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pierson gave me the location of a wetland along County Road 379 near Sumatra. And since I\u2019d be not too far away, Dani gave me the location of a recently burned pitcher plant bog. It ended up being a longer shoot day than I had expected, but in the best possible way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n