Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle making a beautiful trail in to the Pacific.

The remains of a long-dead Desert Tortoise.

Gopher Tort detail.

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I'd love to get my hands on a herp tracking book. When will yours be out?mywan wrote:I'm still paying attention and hope to improve my skills and data gathering gathering in this respect.
$30? Awesome, that's nothing! I mean really, I've been trying to catch up on all the best herp literature, and I've become accustomed to dishing out close to or well over $100 for some of them (a nice copy of Snakes and Snake Hunting, Grismer's Baja guide, Savage's Costa Rica guide [hard-cover], Venomous Snakes of the Western Hemisphere, Klauber's Rattlesnake book, Losos' Anole book [hard-cover], Dodd's 2-volume frog book, Ernst and Ernst's Venomous Reptiles of the US, Canada, and Northern Mexico, etc.). That price sounds like a breath of fresh air.PNWHerper wrote:Snake Man,
I am very excited to see it come out as well. It is now in the hands of the publishers, and production is underway. My work is mostly done... still some minor editting to do to the draft when its sent to me.
I did not set the price tag, but I believe its around 30 bucks or so. Its going to be a thick book, and I hope it inspires many to practice these awesome field skills.
Jim, you are an inspiration. First, Powell's and Bookshop Santa Cruz are both awesome and deserve our business, and second, buying a copy to donate to your college library which otherwise would probably not be able to spend its (no-doubt, aren't they all?) limited budget on a valuable specialty item like this. My hat is off to you (I'm suspecting yours is currently on).JAMAUGHN wrote:Ordered! Can't wait to see the book...congrats, Fil!
Two other options for anyone who doesn't want to go through Amazon, but doesn't have a local bookstore to go through:
The book can be ordered through the venerable Portland independent, Powells, or directly from Stackpole Books. I just did the latter, though I'll probably also get one at Bookshop Santa Cruz to donate to my College Library.
JimM