It's a sign..

So I'm working on the pond again and what do I find, but  little salamander- I *think a western longtoed.. hard to see him in the water, but he's got an out on the pipe he's been hanging on so I didn't want to disturb him.. What better sign is there that this is the house we were meant to be in than to have my favorite place visited, maybe even inhabited by the critters I spent literally years studying in college, years following as a kid. I haven't seen one since we moved out here (granted herping with loud little kids in tow as they learn too makes it hard to spot much lol)

Here's the little guy in my pond.. 

Here's the Western longtoe info page from the state of WA

http://www1.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/herp/html/4amma.html

Salamander ID pages from the state of WA

http://wdfw.wa.gov/ais/salamanders_newts.html

But here is like the coolest salamander EVER.. it eats MICE man!

http://www.heathwood.org/simpson/quicklinks/animalsoftherainforest/giantsalamander.htm