Thanks guys!
Owen, you're finding tons of stuff! I remember a couple weeks ago I went to one of my favorite local spots that's filled with boards, I don't think I saw a single herp that wasn't a fence lizard. It's just sooooo dry.
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- January 2nd, 2012, 9:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Last Ensatina of the Year!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2891
- January 1st, 2012, 10:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Resolution Salamandering - now with more 2012
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2522
Re: Resolution Salamandering
I love those webbed feet on Hydromantes! They remind me of all those weird arboreal salamanders in Central America with suction cup feet. Spectacular photography too. Congrats on sticking to your new year's resolution!
- January 1st, 2012, 10:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My year, or how I got to sixty... (DUW, Self-indulgent)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4688
Re: My year, or how I got to sixty... (DUW, Self-indulgent)
Wow, that red-backed Elgaria is awesome! I've never seen one with such vibrant color as that. The totally orange Monterey Ensatina is something else too. I didn't know you went down to Georgia, there's some good herping down there for sure. The alligator is sweet!
- January 1st, 2012, 10:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Last Ensatina of the Year!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2891
Re: Last Ensatina of the Year!
Thanks everyone! :D Jim - Just be thankful you live somewhere herping is still productive in winter! Think of all those poor souls in the rest of the country that have to live somewhere that's covered in snow for months and not a single herp can be found all winter. :lol: Lawrence - Yeah, this is no...
- December 31st, 2011, 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Last Ensatina of the Year!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2891
Last Ensatina of the Year!
Doesn't sound like too big a deal, but considering how much rain we've had this December (none), I was pretty stoked to find this little salamander! Also I think this is the first shot I've got of an Ensatina that isn't horrible. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6609271303_ea17f41d12_z.jpg Yellow-...
Re: Snake Egg
Poor little snaby. I agree with Owen that it looks like a gophersnake... The spots on the side of the body are a perfect match.
- December 29th, 2011, 11:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: It's the end of the year as we know it... and I feel.. cold?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4560
Re: It's the end of the year as we know it... and I feel.. c
Sweet stuff, Mike! You found tons of herps this year. The shot of the green snake at night is awesome - it looks like it could have been taken in Central America! Y'all are so lucky you have arboreal snakes down there, that's something I really wish California had. The shot of the Prairie Rattler in...
- December 29th, 2011, 12:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gila in The City of San Diego
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1527
Re: Gila in The City of San Diego
Aren't beaded lizards legal to own in CA? It seems like whoever lost it would be trying to get it back - them things ain't cheap.
- December 28th, 2011, 11:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Room to spare -- Sonoma Co. in the database
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2507
Re: Room to spare -- Sonoma Co. in the database
I think you only have to worry about a fine if you're planning on breaking open the gates and driving your car in. It's still fine for people to walk in and use the park, just don't count on being able to use bathrooms or other amenities.
- December 28th, 2011, 11:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Room to spare -- Sonoma Co. in the database
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2507
Re: Room to spare -- Sonoma Co. in the database
The state park closures have the inevitable positive side effect of fewer people in the park at any given time, making it easier to go herping. You have to look on the bright side of a bleak situation.
- December 28th, 2011, 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Room to spare -- Sonoma Co. in the database
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2507
Re: Room to spare -- Sonoma Co. in the database
Hypsiglena is unlikely to be present in Sonoma, it's more of an inner Coast Range species. Uta I don't think occurs anywhere near Sonoma County...? I have some boards set up for Zonata up there, but no luck yet. Although, I guess I would have better luck if I checked them more than twice a year...
- December 24th, 2011, 11:21 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Salamander Photography?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 18476
- December 24th, 2011, 11:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Couple questions regarding Coral snakes....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1901
Re: Couple questions regarding Coral snakes....
When I read this post, this story from Australia came to mind. Perhaps elapids have at least partial immunity to venom from other elapids?
- December 23rd, 2011, 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: thank you!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2408
Re: thank you!
Great stuff, Josh! I totally forgot about the Atratus eating the fish until I saw your post, that was so awesome. The C. umbratica is really sweet too, not often posted on here.
- December 23rd, 2011, 11:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: northern pacific rattlesnakes in BC
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2435
Re: northern pacific rattlesnakes in BC
Nice looking rattlers! I've tried looking for NorPacs up around Lillooet, and although the habitat looked right, I think I might have been slightly out of their range and didn't find any.
- December 22nd, 2011, 8:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My end of year Video
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1181
Re: My end of year Video
I keep getting an error message when I try to play it.
- December 22nd, 2011, 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Test post w/ amphibian pics
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1195
Re: Test post w/ amphibian pics
Great shots! I miss Sonoran Desert Toads, those things are awesome. Although it kind of sucks when there are so many thousands of them on the road you can't avoid squashing a few while you're driving.
- December 22nd, 2011, 9:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New member & a question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3544
Re: New member & a question
Compression artifacts on photos are slight visual disturbances that occur when an image is made smaller (compressed). They generally manifest as splotchy softness around edges and lines in compressed photos, and can really make an otherwise high quality photo look bad. All the photo-hosting sites us...
- December 21st, 2011, 11:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2011 end of the year review.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9840
Re: 2011 end of the year review.
You found hella stuff this year! :thumb: I love the in situ shot of the Arboreal Salamander poking his head out of the mossy rocks, it's awesome! And the blue eyes on that blackbelly king are just crazy. The Sierra Garter shot is pretty sweet too, I still don't understand how they crawl around in th...
- December 21st, 2011, 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Color Blind Herpers
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6696
Re: Color Blind Herpers
I'm probably not the best person to ask since I've never taken a formal art class or anything. But as I understand it, shade is the amount of black mixed in (i.e., how light or dark it is), and hue is like the basic category (i.e., red, blue, green, yellow, etc). And those combined with the tone, th...
- December 21st, 2011, 8:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New member & a question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3544
Re: New member & a question
Welcome to the site, Tonia! I recommend Flickr as well... Compared to Photobucket (where I used to keep all my photos), Flickr has much higher-quality compression, so when you post resized versions of your photos on the forum you don't have all those weird compression artifacts. Flickr keeps the ima...
- December 21st, 2011, 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Color Blind Herpers
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6696
Re: Color Blind Herpers
In those number charts, the shades of the colors are exactly the same - only the hue is different. So perhaps in real-life applications where most colors are different, easily-distinguishable shades from each other, being color blind doesn't really make that much of a difference? "The main font...
- December 21st, 2011, 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Color Blind Herpers
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6696
Re: Color Blind Herpers
I've heard that color-deficient individuals are better at spotting camouflage as well, and wondered if they were perhaps better at finding camouflaged snakes where color is not an issue. However, I always find myself wondering what some herps look like to people with the various kinds of color blind...
- December 19th, 2011, 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Death of a Single Snake
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4669
Re: The Death of a Single Snake
That sucks dude, she was a beautiful animal. :( Last year I had a Sharp-tailed Snake in my yard that I kept track of over many months during the rainy season. I handled it about once a week to get photographs, and it became completely tame, almost like a little outdoor pet. Then one day I lifted up ...
- December 18th, 2011, 10:49 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Photo I took last thursday-Tampa Florida
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1863
Re: Photo I took last thursday-Tampa Florida
Hahaha, that's awesome. Rarely are people able to capture emotion in snakes' faces.
- December 18th, 2011, 6:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: San Francisco Co. in the database -- All eleven entries.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2187
Re: San Francisco Co. in the database -- All eleven entries.
There are gophersnakes in Candlestick Point State Recreation Area. Bayview Park would be another good place to check for reptiles.
- December 16th, 2011, 10:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End-of-year post from Costa Rica
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10063
Re: End-of-year post from Costa Rica
Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing, Robbie. I miss Costa Rica so bad. I love the headshot of the boa in particular, that iridescence is rad.
- December 15th, 2011, 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The five stages of herper development
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7045
Re: The five stages of herper development
My stages:
1. I've found five snakes this year!
2. I've found five snakes today!
3. I've found fifty snakes today!
1. I've found five snakes this year!
2. I've found five snakes today!
3. I've found fifty snakes today!
Re: Noise
Not a herp shot (or even a nature shot), but here's a quick photo I took of an empty water bottle sitting next to my laptop with the highest ISO my camera will do to demonstrate noise. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6517453085_f9e01d7e8f_z.jpg 1/50 sec, f/16.0, ISO 3200, no flash Not only was it...
- December 10th, 2011, 11:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Thanks Brandon, Zach, Dell, and Chad! Chad - Pfft... Anyone who can take a picture of a frog with this few reflections has skillz. :thumb: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6080/6119279612_4c932594c9_z.jpg Yellow Legged by chadmlanel , on Flickr Dell - That racer was actually more blue in real life! It ...
- December 9th, 2011, 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Santa Cruz Survey #3
- Replies: 113
- Views: 16030
Re: Santa Cruz Survey #3
Well here are the total for the day: Calif Slender Salamanders: #29 Yellow-eyed Ensatina (Intergrades): #25 Northern Alligator Lizard: #2 Calif Giant Salamander: #3 Rough Skinned Newt: #1 Calif Newt: #15 Forest Sharp-tailed snake: #1 Not a large variety but there were a lot of Lifer's for many. I w...
- December 9th, 2011, 9:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Handling venomous snakes
- Replies: 101
- Views: 29328
Re: Handling venomous snakes
For me, I generally only use the hook on rattlers when I want to move them off the road, or rarely when I want to photograph them. Besides that, when I find a rattler I usually just look at it for a few seconds before continuing my search for more interesting snakes. :lol: When I went to Arizona thi...
- December 9th, 2011, 8:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Flying Coachwhips! Marty Stuart! Annual Annulatum!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2870
Re: Flying Coachwhips! Marty Stuart! Annual Annulatum!
Great post, Brad. All those scenery shots really make me miss that weird east-meets-west landscape in Arkansas. Cacti in forests? WTF? The shot of the kids/dads with the cottonmouth on the trail is awesome, I can just imagine what the dads were thinking. "Oh god, there goes Brad with another on...
- December 9th, 2011, 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Thanks Chad, it's great herping with you even if I can hardly keep up. I think we make a pretty good photography team though, with my pose-Nazism and your professional gear. :lol: You haven't taken a step backwards, you've just been working too much so you can't get out often and get the shots you w...
- December 9th, 2011, 8:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Basiliscus Family Values
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10442
Re: Basiliscus Family Values
Awesome stuff, Young! I'm not a big fan of crotes, but even I think your observation and photo documentation with the C. basiliscus are simply outstanding. I wonder how many studies have been carried out on this pseudo-parental care in rattlesnakes... If you moved the female, would she move back to ...
- December 9th, 2011, 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Thanks guys! RobK - Great choice! :D Brian - Thanks! That first SFGS was definitely a looker. I've seen some that were pretty ugly. Jim - The thought of someone catching a weasel by hand has me cracking up. Sounds like something Chad or Mike would do. :lol: Owen - Haha, I knew you'd recognize her. A...
- December 9th, 2011, 3:20 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica Field Guides
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1932
Re: Costa Rica Field Guides
Another vote for the Savage guide, despite its size. It's not something you want to carry with you in the field, but it's very easy to pack in a suitcase and just use in the motel room/camp. The problem with many of those small guides is that they're not complete, and anything less than complete rea...
- December 9th, 2011, 11:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Oh here's another SFGS shot for good measure. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6074/6046545290_c6a6fe639f_z.jpg San Francisco Gartersnake ( Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia ) - 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, no flash This is a YoY found crawling through the grass on a sunny day. In hindsight I think I shoul...
- December 9th, 2011, 11:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Hubbs like bugs?! That's awesome, hahaha.
- December 9th, 2011, 11:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Thanks everyone. EJ - So the two most stunning images in my thread are the two not taken by me? I see how it is. :lol: Jim - You see many weasels down in your area? I never really imagined them as desert animals. Except those Black-footed Ferrets I guess, I think they live in deserts. Rich - Yep, th...
- December 9th, 2011, 10:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whoo hoo... Lifer!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2060
Re: whoo hoo... Lifer!!
Awesome stuff - pretty good for Shasta County in December! What makes you call the Ensatina an Oregon x Sierra intergrade rather than pure Oregon? It's cool how the belly is white like on a Monterey Ensatina. I wonder if that is a characteristic that evolved in both types separately (since the Yell...
- December 8th, 2011, 10:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Thanks! Haha, yeah, I'm pretty sure that's my first mammal shot. Probably just because I don't try to photograph mammals - I see bobcats, coyotes, rabbits, jackrabbits, etc., pretty regularly, but I don't have a long enough lens to get a good shot of them so I just don't try. The only mammals I can ...
- December 8th, 2011, 6:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whoo hoo... Lifer!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2060
Re: whoo hoo... Lifer!!
Awesome stuff - pretty good for Shasta County in December! What makes you call the Ensatina an Oregon x Sierra intergrade rather than pure Oregon? It's cool how the belly is white like on a Monterey Ensatina. I wonder if that is a characteristic that evolved in both types separately (since the Yello...
- December 8th, 2011, 11:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End of the Year Round up- SF Bay Area
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3232
Re: End of the Year Round up- SF Bay Area
Awesome stuff, Zach! Two zonatas under one board, I wonder how many other people on here have found that, hahaha. Boas are always great too.
- December 8th, 2011, 11:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Thanks again for the responses, guys. John - Definitely get an external flash if you're at that point where you think you can take better pictures with one! Good lighting is essential to a good photograph, but I didn't realize how much so until I got my macro flash. With Nikon you can do something s...
- December 7th, 2011, 10:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whoo hoo... Lifer!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2060
Re: whoo hoo... Lifer!!
Awesome! Congrats, Jim!
- December 7th, 2011, 10:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Thanks for the feedback everyone! :beer: Monklet - Haha, some people are not the biggest fan of flowers I guess. If they are in focus and brightly-colored they certainly can be distracting. I just like the conflicted feelings they tend to create in non-herpers, since they usually like flowers but ha...
- December 7th, 2011, 2:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
Yeah, I could do a regular end-of-the-year post with all the hundreds of cool animals I've seen this year like I've done in the past, but I figured I wanted to do something different. For the past few years I've become engrossed in the photographic aspect of herping, there are a number of very skill...
- December 6th, 2011, 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ¿Qué es? (NC watersnake)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1622
Re: ¿Qué es? (NC watersnake)
Thanks guys, I didn't know they came in this flavor.
- December 6th, 2011, 1:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ¿Qué es? (NC watersnake)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1622
¿Qué es? (NC watersnake)
Another Flickr mystery, this one apparently from North Carolina: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6460528139_98c81ea202_z.jpg some kind of water snake by tomrichnc , on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6460530579_4c7dbbcd72_z.jpg some kind of water snake by tomrichnc , on Flickr