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- May 16th, 2019, 9:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A few Crotalus from the weekend
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7759
Re: A few Crotalus from the weekend
The boa’s from a different spot, I’ve never seen one at the place where the gopher was found
- June 9th, 2014, 12:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Cali Introduction
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8978
Re: New Cali Introduction
It totally depends on the species and the particular situation that species is facing. I'm not arguing that Rubber Boa populations can't handle a certain level of harvest, but other species cannot. I'm working with Rana cascadae this summer, a species that is almost literally disappearing before our...
- June 8th, 2014, 5:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Cali Introduction
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8978
Re: New Cali Introduction
Hi Tyler.
- April 7th, 2013, 10:00 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Sizing Pics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5176
Re: Sizing Pics
With Flickr, you can retain exclusive copyrights, release your image to the public domain, or do anything you want in between. Also, the compression algorithms they use make the images look much better than those hosted on Photobucket. I really wish Photobucket would die in a fire.
- March 20th, 2013, 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Black vultures preying on live red eared sliders
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4097
Re: Black vultures preying on live red eared sliders
Someone please send a few hundred Black Vultures to California. Thx.
- March 20th, 2013, 9:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: college summer job, AZ lizard project
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1905
Re: college summer job, AZ lizard project
It sounds like an interesting gig for sure, but housing is not included, which is pretty ridiculous for an internship.
- February 18th, 2013, 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sonoran gopher or Green rat?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2503
Re: Sonoran gopher or Green rat?
It's a hybrid.
- January 8th, 2013, 9:48 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Red-breasted Sapsucker or hybrid?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4289
Re: Red-breasted Sapsucker or hybrid?
Yeah I was thinking about heading over there and doing that. I haven't posted on there in aaaaaages.
- January 8th, 2013, 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some 'phibs!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4980
Re: Some 'phibs!
Thanks everyone. :thumb: Jimi - Thanks for the tips! I definitely plan to do some more exploring (especially inland past the fog) once it warms up a bit. Before summer anyway - I really despise cold weather so I'm trying to get another job in the South for the summer, as soon as I can. I plan on set...
- January 7th, 2013, 8:40 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Red-breasted Sapsucker or hybrid?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4289
Re: Red-breasted Sapsucker or hybrid?
Yeah, the identification of potential hybrids is basically a crapshoot, but I figured I'd put the photo out there in case anyone has seen anything similar. On juvenile Red-naped Sapsuckers, Sibley notes "brown breast often retained until Dec", but doesn't mention anything similar regarding...
- January 7th, 2013, 3:06 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Red-breasted Sapsucker or hybrid?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4289
Red-breasted Sapsucker or hybrid?
I get plenty of different woodpeckers at my house, but this Red-breasted Sapsucker I got yesterday was actually a new yard bird for me (I live in the wrong habitat for them). Everything about its appearance matches the northern subspecies of Red-breasted Sapsucker, except the band of mottled feather...
- January 7th, 2013, 12:20 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First of the year Conta Costa quick Field Herp...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1950
Re: First of the year Conta Costa quick Field Herp...
Your gigantic mushrooms, BTW, are Omphalotus olivascens, the Western Jack-o'-Lantern... If you return to the site at night, you'll probably see them glowing in the dark (a really cool opportunity to work with long exposures on your camera).
- January 7th, 2013, 12:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First of the year Conta Costa quick Field Herp...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1950
Re: First of the year Conta Costa quick Field Herp...
For the future I'd recommend refraining from removing snakes from their hibernacula during periods where overnight temperatures drop near or below freezing - though you may have been very meticulous in preserving the structure and seal of the area underneath the log, the snake has been disturbed and...
- January 6th, 2013, 4:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: TN Herpers
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6755
- January 6th, 2013, 11:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Ankle Biters Present: A Weekend Trip to Mexico (DUW)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 18979
Re: The Ankle Biters Present: A Weekend Trip to Mexico (DUW)
The Thick-billed Parrots are probably my favorites of the whole bunch - I hope one day they'll return to Arizona.
- January 6th, 2013, 11:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Ankle Biters Present: A Weekend Trip to Mexico (DUW)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 18979
Re: The Ankle Biters Present: A Weekend Trip to Mexico (DUW)
Don't know how I'm just seeing this post now... I've seen some of the pics on FB, but it's nice to have the whole story here. Fantastic work, guys.
- January 5th, 2013, 11:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1817
Re: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
Owen - I do not see anything in the head/eye shape of the first garter that suggests T. atratus . The head is very short and round with internasals that are wider than they are long... I actually think the second garter has a head more like T. atratus if anything, but that one is of course also T. e...
- January 4th, 2013, 7:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3758
Re: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
Yep, there's no doubt that one is T. atratus, those long internasals are clearly visible in the photo. Up here in Marin many of the adults do have lateral stripes like that.
- January 4th, 2013, 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Truoble with Photobucket!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3781
Re: Truoble with Photobucket!
Not as intuitive as Photobucket at first, but you get used to it really quick.
How to share photos on Flickr by Natalie McNear, on Flickr
How to share photos on Flickr by Natalie McNear, on Flickr
- January 4th, 2013, 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3758
Re: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
It's possible, however, young T. a. atratus often have a sharp line between their lateral and ventral coloration that can give the appearance of being multi-striped. That line typically becomes obscured as the snake ages and darkens in color. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2743/5778923997_cc60f7494f....
- January 4th, 2013, 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3758
Re: First snakes of the Year- San Mateo County, CA 1/4/2013
Nice finds, guys. :thumb: Both of the garters are T. elegans ... The first one you can tell because of the enlarged rear upper labial scales and short internasals. The second is definitely a T. elegans as well because of the bright red ( T. atratus never has red on it). The gopher is an awesome find!
- January 4th, 2013, 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Truoble with Photobucket!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3781
- January 4th, 2013, 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Truoble with Photobucket!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3781
Re: Truoble with Photobucket!
Seriously consider switching to Flickr... The compression algorithms they use are much better than the ones at Photobucket (i.e., your photos on Photobucket will look like crap, see this example if you don't believe me ), and when you upload your shots to Photobucket you are also giving them the rig...
- January 4th, 2013, 6:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cloacal bleeding as a defense mechanism in snakes
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3029
Re: Cloacal bleeding as a defense mechanism in snakes
I've seen it in Longnoses and a Speckled King I found in Arkansas.
- January 1st, 2013, 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snakes macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4129
Re: Snakes macro
Really cool use for the MP-E 65mm... Never seen herp shots done with it, but I like the results.
- January 1st, 2013, 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: An Unexpected Journey: 2012 in East Texas
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17878
Re: An Unexpected Journey: 2012 in East Texas
Great finds and excellent photography, Kyle. I'm looking forward to seeing what you find in 2013.
- January 1st, 2013, 2:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 12/30/2012 Alameda County testing xmas Camera..gilberti ahoy
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2921
Re: 12/30/2012 Alameda County testing xmas Camera..gilberti
Some good East Bay finds for the last day of the year for sure. Your spider is Titiotus , family Tengellidae - the genus is endemic to California and its full taxonomy is still being worked out, but in the Alameda County it is most likely T. californicus or T. costa . The centipede is Scolopendra po...
- December 31st, 2012, 9:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Coldest day you have ever found a herp?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 12989
Re: Coldest day you have ever found a herp?
Any herp? Well a light frost is considered newsworthy here in the Bay Area, but I've road cruised Dicamptodon at 36F in rain and flipped other salamanders when temps were right around the freezing mark.
- December 31st, 2012, 9:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New girl here, first year of herping post
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14391
Re: New girl here, first year of herping post
Welcome to FHF, Carla! Good to see you on here. You've found more stuff in your first year of herping than many people do in their first decade... Of course, you do have some pretty awesome herper friends to show you the ropes.
- December 28th, 2012, 9:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My yard is infested with herpetofauna!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 12773
Re: My yard is infested with herpetofauna!
I think this is the best "herps in my backyard" post ever made on FHF.
- December 27th, 2012, 10:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Just a Few Boas..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5010
Re: Just a Few Boas..
Beautiful boas, Brian. Love the diversity.
- December 27th, 2012, 10:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 5 Footed Salamander! - and other pics
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4526
Re: 5 Footed Salamander! - and other pics
Fascinating stuff... I have not found any A. gracile with such deformities, though usually I don't examine them quite as closely as I used to. I'll keep an eye out for any unusual Ambystomid morphology up in Humboldt County.
- December 27th, 2012, 10:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rare? How about Uncommon RECORDS
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6192
Re: Rare? How about Uncommon RECORDS
Uncommon snake and uncommon method... This SF Garter was found on a cold evening coiled under a board that someone had put in the forest to grow marijuana plants on (plants and board were carefully replaced after photo was taken).
- December 27th, 2012, 9:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 5 Footed Salamander! - and other pics
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4526
Re: 5 Footed Salamander! - and other pics
Given how poisonous newts are, is the final or next intermediate host of the trematode a garter? Or do the parasites typically target other salamanders and the infection of the newt is just incidental?
Great finds, Bradly.
Great finds, Bradly.
- December 25th, 2012, 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some 'phibs!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4980
Re: Some 'phibs!
Thanks again guys. Lawrence - I wouldn't complain, lol. :D I've actually only seen one snake since I've been out there, an infernalis I caught in the middle of a redwood forest. I went looking a few times a few months ago, but late summer can be a difficult time to find garters. I wonder if they are...
Re: hey guys
I also do not see any blue flecks in the original photo, but the white balance does look a bit on the cool side (that would be expected if you were shooting in shade or on a cloudy day). That can be fixed easily in most photo processing programs, but if you like the effect (many people do if it adds...
- December 24th, 2012, 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some 'phibs!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4980
Re: Some 'phibs!
Thanks guys.
Luke... I laughed and choked on my beer when I read your explanation.
Luke... I laughed and choked on my beer when I read your explanation.
- December 24th, 2012, 9:50 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: How do you deal with rain?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2351
- December 24th, 2012, 9:22 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Point and Shoot Cameras - Help?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3654
Re: Point and Shoot Cameras - Help?
If you can swing the cost, look into the Canon PowerShot G1X... It has a (nearly) DSLR-sized sensor in a compact body, so the image quality is going to be more up to par with what you're used to, and has the benefit of being easily portable.
- December 24th, 2012, 9:18 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6639
Re: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash
The small diffuser is a Puffer by Gary Fong. It actually doesn't do much at all if you're shooting anything larger than your finger. Eventually I want to find a way to rig up a bigger diffuser to the flash mounted to the lens as well.
- December 24th, 2012, 9:11 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Herp photography becoming main stream
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4733
Re: Herp photography becoming main stream
To bad most people will see "snake hunt" and think that means going out and killing every snake you find and then photographing the "trophy" in a way that makes it look as big as possible.
- December 24th, 2012, 9:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Festivus Eve miracle--Updated IDs and county locales
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2428
Re: A Festivus Eve Miracle...and some stuff from the dry tim
That last Coastie is a screamer. Nice stuff, Luke.
- December 24th, 2012, 8:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some 'phibs!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4980
Some 'phibs!
Here are a couple Ensatina eschscholztii picta I found in my front yard in Arcata. Not often seen here on the forums. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8488/8260723250_c2de772a63_c.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8260723060_cef3c79ff2_c.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8228475003_c586c06324...
- December 2nd, 2012, 11:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: What are these garter snakes...? A GAME...Yay...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2453
Re: What are these garter snakes...? A GAME...Yay...
1. hammondii
2. couchii
3. hydrophilus
4. couchii
2. couchii
3. hydrophilus
4. couchii
- November 13th, 2012, 1:44 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6639
Re: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash
Can't find the photo I had of just the camera setup, but you can kind of see it in this shot: http://i47.tinypic.com/34ih4pg.jpg (Photo by Mike Westphal) The softbox attaches very easily to the flash heads with the velcro fastener, but then the flash won't mount onto the bracket on the lens. Not a p...
- November 13th, 2012, 1:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Red Salamander! :)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5680
Re: Red Salamander! :)
That's a badass gummy lizard.
- November 13th, 2012, 1:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Proper pronunciation of Agkistrodon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1833
Re: Proper pronunciation of Agkistrodon
Normally with binomial names, the emphasis is on the third-to-last syllable (or the first syllable, in two-syllable names). I've always pronounced Agkistrodon as ag-KISS-tro-don, and this is how I've heard others say it as well.
- November 13th, 2012, 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Santa Cruz Survey 11/12
- Replies: 105
- Views: 19665
Re: Santa Cruz Survey 11/12
Another successful SC survey - great job, guys. I'm really digging those C. longicaudae.
- November 10th, 2012, 9:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Santa Cruz Survey 11/12
- Replies: 105
- Views: 19665
Re: Santa Cruz Survey 11/12
Ack, turns out I'm not going to be able to make it tomorrow. Sorry for such short notice.
- November 5th, 2012, 8:48 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6639
Re: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash
All of those shots were with the Honl Traveller8 softbox. One of my favorite accessories, but it disappeared one day when I was living in Mississippi (along with my $600 binoculars ).