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- May 23rd, 2020, 7:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End of Decade Post: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4986
Re: End of Decade Post: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica
Spectacular, Mike. Your post is a true testament to how much I haven't seen out west (understandable, I guess, since I've only been west of the Mississippi half a dozen times.) Thanks for taking us there!
- February 9th, 2019, 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Winter Break Happenings-Eastern US Salamanders
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10321
Re: Winter Break Happenings-Eastern US Salamanders
Those streamsides are great - such an interesting Ambystomatid.
- November 15th, 2018, 9:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Smoky Mountains Salamanders ID Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7872
Re: Smoky Mountains Salamanders ID Help
The first two look like Blackbellied salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) - they have a line of paired white spots laterally. The next couple are something in the mountain Dusky Salamander complex (maybe D. carolinensis) - they’re one of the few in the SAPPs with a rounded tail cross section. ...
- August 4th, 2018, 9:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) progression from la
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9911
Re: Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) progression fro
Great stuff Bill. What were you using for the macro shots?
- July 10th, 2018, 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: rarest snake in Northeastern US?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6469
Re: rarest snake in Northeastern US?
Coastal Plains Milk might fit the bill.
- July 1st, 2018, 10:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rainbow Snake
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6320
Re: Rainbow Snake
Hot dang! Brackish or freshwater?
- June 17th, 2018, 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Hallowed Ground
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10880
Re: Herping Hallowed Ground
Thanks!
- June 11th, 2018, 12:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Hallowed Ground
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10880
Re: Herping Hallowed Ground
Great writeup as always -I'm sorry your posts don't get as many comments as photographic-based posts; writing well is far rarer nowadays than taking good pictures.
JDH
JDH
- April 4th, 2018, 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 6 days in South Florida
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12350
Re: 6 days in South Florida
Looks like you got a good smattering of our FL stuff. Congrats on what looks like a fun trip.
- April 3rd, 2018, 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Anyone want to herp the Croatan with us?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3321
Re: Anyone want to herp the Croatan with us?
I wish I was far enough east, but let me know if you swing westward to the South Mountains or southern Apps.
- March 15th, 2018, 6:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpetology School Help
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22045
Re: Herpetology School Help
I'm afraid I can't speak to anyone's but my own experience, but working with herps has worked well for me. You have to work hard, and oftentimes work for free before you'll be paid, but I don't regret taking the wildlife/ecology/herpetology path. I know your original post is quite old and you've fou...
- March 7th, 2018, 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Croatan N.F./Green Swamp?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3805
Re: Croatan N.F./Green Swamp?
We did a NAFHA trip to Croatan not too long ago (ok, a few years.) As I recall, it was nice because no one method was "the best" - we found stuff hiking, cruising, flipping, etc. - So I'd say just have some fun and keep your eyes peeled! Sorry I don't recall any more specifics.
- March 5th, 2018, 7:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wood Frog Help?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10395
Re: Wood Frog Help?
Nice! Yeah, it does seem like newts replace fish predators in some of those semi-permanent puddles.
- March 5th, 2018, 7:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I'm looking for some herping friends in Brevard/Osceola coun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4607
Re: I'm looking for some herping friends in Brevard/Osceola
Any wildlife management areas are protected, but pretty friendly to people just taking pictures of snakes, usually. And they're open after dark for road cruising.
- February 22nd, 2018, 5:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I'm looking for some herping friends in Brevard/Osceola coun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4607
Re: I'm looking for some herping friends in Brevard/Osceola
Unfortunately I'm not in the area, but you've got some great herping sites out there.
- February 20th, 2018, 7:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wood Frog Help?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10395
Re: Wood Frog Help?
Bill,
Nice! Unfortunately, I don't have any good spotted breeding ponds that I know of down here, so I'm stuck with my wood frog ponds. For movement, the spotted sals have been moving in every big rain since October
Nice! Unfortunately, I don't have any good spotted breeding ponds that I know of down here, so I'm stuck with my wood frog ponds. For movement, the spotted sals have been moving in every big rain since October
- February 18th, 2018, 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wood Frog Help?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10395
Re: Wood Frog Help?
I was out last Sunday and they were out and about - here's my daughter with several dozen egg masses.
- February 8th, 2018, 11:10 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wood Frog Help?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10395
Re: Wood Frog Help?
Bill - I've seen a few moving this year, but I haven't yet made it out to the actual breeding sites I have. I'm sure they'll be starting soon though - usually any rain till mid-March they'll be out.
- January 30th, 2018, 8:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wood Frog Help?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10395
Re: Wood Frog Help?
If you're not far from Asheville, I can try to put you on some one evening.
- January 17th, 2018, 7:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 4 days and 3 nights in Northeastern Colombia Part 1
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6010
Re: 4 days and 3 nights in Northeastern Colombia Part 1
That phimophis is great!
- January 16th, 2018, 10:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 - Texas/Louisiana: Pop Milk!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12635
Re: 2017 - Texas/Louisiana: Pop Milk!
Great stuff. Thanks for taking the time to post it all.
JDH
JDH
- January 14th, 2018, 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calotes in Florida??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2979
Re: Calotes in Florida??
They were there historically - but I don't know of anyone finding them there in over a decade.
- October 5th, 2017, 6:06 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The past few days at Snake Road and the Surrounding Area
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5092
Re: The past few days at Snake Road and the Surrounding Area
Great photolog - Snake road is a marvelous area.
- April 21st, 2017, 12:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Spring, then Winter, then Spring again
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3156
Re: Spring, then Winter, then Spring again
Good stuff all around. My 2 year old enjoyed trying to guess the IDs on your stuff (granted it was pretty general - "Frog!" or "Sa-la-man-DER!" Look me up if you want to when you make it up here. I can show you some of the usual suspects. Thanks, Josh. My boy likes to look for &...
- April 20th, 2017, 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 Year in review (Peruvian Amazon, Panama, Cuba, USA etc)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7081
Re: 2016 Year in review (Peruvian Amazon, Panama, Cuba, USA
Wow! What a wondrous year! Good stuff Matt.
- April 20th, 2017, 3:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Carolina's Caudates on my Mind
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3642
Re: Carolina's Caudates on my Mind
Good stuff! Sorry I wasn't able to get out with you - but if you have a nocturnal eve free on your next trip I can get you a nice mix of normal and "Bat Cave" yonahs. Glad you ended up with a SM Greycheek.
- April 20th, 2017, 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Spring, then Winter, then Spring again
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3156
Re: Spring, then Winter, then Spring again
Good stuff all around. My 2 year old enjoyed trying to guess the IDs on your stuff (granted it was pretty general - "Frog!" or "Sa-la-man-DER!"
Look me up if you want to when you make it up here. I can show you some of the usual suspects.
Look me up if you want to when you make it up here. I can show you some of the usual suspects.
- April 2nd, 2017, 7:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First Quarter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4942
Re: First Quarter
Whew! Great stuff - makes me miss that neck of the woods.
- March 3rd, 2017, 11:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rogue Year
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6934
Re: Rogue Year
Barry - Thanks!
Dwakefield - Copperheads are definitely one of the gems of the upper southeast. The laying croc is one of those things I could've turned up with some research and time going into it - but it's always nice when these sorts of things happen haphazardly.
Dwakefield - Copperheads are definitely one of the gems of the upper southeast. The laying croc is one of those things I could've turned up with some research and time going into it - but it's always nice when these sorts of things happen haphazardly.
- February 24th, 2017, 6:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rogue Year
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6934
Re: Rogue Year
Great post, Josh! You got to see a lot despite not being able to get out as much this past year. I hope everything is going well at home and that you can get out again soon. I'm glad to see that you are excited to see the common stuff. I try to keep that perspective, otherwise herping would be fill...
- February 23rd, 2017, 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rogue Year
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6934
Re: Rogue Year
Nick - Thanks. The coppers are all from NC - I've gotten a few coppers in CT, but none this past year. Jason - Thanks. It was from near Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area. Carl - Yeah, I love the muds too - haven't got bored of em' yet! Bill - Thanks. Hopefully these old bones will have some life breathed...
- February 20th, 2017, 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rogue Year
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2752
Rogue Year
Hey Folks - my first field report in a bit posted over on the SE forum: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... 11&t=24145
- February 20th, 2017, 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rogue Year
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6934
Rogue Year
Sorry folks; no opening crawl for this one... Well, it’s definitely been a rogue year – I didn’t get to go on very many herping trips besides some local cruises; but the beautiful thing is the southern Appalachians are still a new and exciting region for me, so I’ve really enjoyed digging into the l...
- February 20th, 2017, 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Winter So Far
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4066
Re: Winter So Far
I love beginning the year with Wood Frogs. I remember in CT seeing them breeding in broad daylight on an icy vernal pool, and still love seeing them up in the mountains up here. Good stuff all around.
- February 20th, 2017, 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: florida herp activity question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7040
Re: florida herp activity question
Well, sounds like it was a good trip still! Where did you go kayaking? A small park right in Hollywood called West Lake park. You can canoe through mangroves. I didn't see any herps while there, but I keep going back in hopes of spotting a salt marsh snake. They've actually never been documented in...
- January 26th, 2017, 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feb 28th and later- Palm Beach County and South activity?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7658
Re: Feb 28th and later- Palm Beach County and South activity
The end of Feb is about the time where evening cruising can become productive in SFL. I'd be night cruising if the daytime temps get above 83. Day cruising is good that time of year too - I'd go north and look through dirt roads through drier habitat (e.g. prairie and scrub) rather than going south ...
- January 9th, 2017, 6:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 - A good year pt. 1
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3093
Re: 2016 - A good year pt. 1
That last creek is gorgeous. In Florida?
- November 23rd, 2016, 5:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 Chapter Officer Nominations Needed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6261
Re: 2017 Chapter Officer Nominations Needed
Good to hear there's some interest this year. Who wants the helm?
- November 18th, 2016, 6:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 Chapter Officer Nominations Needed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6261
Re: 2017 Chapter Officer Nominations Needed
We do need to find some people willing to do the roles. I had plans to be very involved, but one difficult pregnancy culminating with a new daughter with disabilities made NAFHA the last thing on my mind - Taking good care of her is priority #1.
- October 14th, 2016, 6:22 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northern Spring Salamander in situ
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4423
Re: Northern Spring Salamander in situ
Right, I'm not totally opposed to some manipulation; part of my reasoning for not touching this one was that all the other salamanders I saw that night took off before I could even set up. Good tip with the water bottle, I have a small one just for that and forgot to bring it! I understand - rememb...
- October 13th, 2016, 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northern Spring Salamander in situ
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4423
Re: Northern Spring Salamander in situ
Thank you guys - and Josh, I actually did have a flash on the salamander and a second one on the background. Wanted to do a true in situ shot though without moving the salamander. Good choice! I think the posed pictures always look a little contrived and they really aren't being true to the animal'...
- October 12th, 2016, 5:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Third Quarter 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3707
Re: Third Quarter 2016
Good stuff. That's a cool looking Mole King - I like the "muddy" ones.
- October 12th, 2016, 5:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northern Spring Salamander in situ
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4423
Re: Northern Spring Salamander in situ
I like it. Since you wanted suggestions - if it were me taking the shot: I would go for a long exposure and put the salamander on an elevated rock or log that way I could fire two flashes - one to illuminate the subject, one to fill in the background. Looks good though!
- August 24th, 2016, 10:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Finally wrapped up Lampropeltis for Florida.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3714
Re: Finally wrapped up Lampropeltis for Florida.
Beauty. Now to find all of Florida's Farancia?
Re: Tadpoles
Your first one is another Barker.
- July 13th, 2016, 6:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some stuff
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3313
Re: Some stuff
Hordes of horridus - very nice!
- June 28th, 2016, 5:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: USGS Fraud brought to light
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4865
Re: USGS Fraud brought to light
What does this have to do with field herping?
- June 27th, 2016, 5:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Flashlight Review from a Field Herping Perspective
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2677
Flashlight Review from a Field Herping Perspective
Hey folks,
I just had a look at a handlight from a newer light company, Lumintop, and looked at it from a field herping perspective. Enjoy.
https://fieldventures.wordpress.com/201 ... ntop-td16/
I just had a look at a handlight from a newer light company, Lumintop, and looked at it from a field herping perspective. Enjoy.
https://fieldventures.wordpress.com/201 ... ntop-td16/
- June 23rd, 2016, 9:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5835
Re: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
All good stuff. I haven't been over to dip that area in awhile but it is usually quite productive. Water levels have fluctuated due to the dam temporarily allowing more water into the St. Johns, which may be the reason for lower numbers. Glad you are getting out and seeing some cool animals. -Jake ...
- June 22nd, 2016, 5:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5835
Re: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
Good stuff - I love that region. I'm surprised you didn't turn up any dwarf sirens at that dipnetting spot. The two nymphs/dragonfly larvae are both indeed dragonfly naiads...I'm not an expert but I would guess Anax junius . The first fish looks like a bluespotted sunfish, and the Bass is indeed a b...