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- October 8th, 2015, 1:18 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
- Replies: 78
- Views: 167359
Re: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
The book is out!! Please check it out and help support me and the skills of wildlife tracking! If you can, support your local bookstores and buy from them. If they don't have it, ask them to order them. If you are unable to, then go with Amazon as a last resort. I look forward to hearing peoples sto...
- August 6th, 2015, 8:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: In Search of Baja California Rat Snakes
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7175
Re: In Search of Baja California Rat Snakes
Will, this was an epic Baja post. Loved seeing those ratsnakes most of all. They are such a beautiful species. Hopefully one of these years, Jeff will find one this side of the border.
- July 26th, 2015, 7:40 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
- Replies: 78
- Views: 167359
Re: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
Hey friends, Check out this blogtalk radio podcast I did about my book and about tracking. It will give you a good sense of what I cover in the book and how. I think one of the few mistakes I made was saying there are 3 tortoise species, instead of 4 during the interview. But, I hope you can look pa...
- July 12th, 2015, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
- Replies: 78
- Views: 167359
Re: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
Thanks, everyone! I am at the moment working on the page proofs and am so, so excited to see the book out in October!
I hope you guys enjoy it and use it in the field. Thank you Gene for sharing the Amazon.com page.
I hope you guys enjoy it and use it in the field. Thank you Gene for sharing the Amazon.com page.
- November 20th, 2014, 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Question about snake locomotion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3660
Re: Question about snake locomotion
Thanks for the tip of the hat, salamanderhunter. Yes, snakes can do all kinds of styles of locomotion. They will typically do what is most efficient for their bodies. For instance, most of the time a rat snake will do lateral undulation, most of the time a sidewinder will sidewind, and a big python ...
- October 20th, 2014, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
- Replies: 78
- Views: 167359
Re: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
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 t...
- October 17th, 2014, 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gilchrist & Area
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3145
Re: Gilchrist & Area
I suspect your skull was part of an owl pellet, given how intact it is and how the upper and lower mandibles are still together.
Any other bones associated with it? Was it found near the base of a tree or near a fence post?
Any other bones associated with it? Was it found near the base of a tree or near a fence post?
- October 14th, 2014, 5:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gilchrist & Area
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3145
Re: Gilchrist & Area
Captainjack,
The skull is a rodent. Do you still have it? I would need to look at the molars and other skull features to id it. Do you have shots of the skull from directly above, underneath and from the side?
The skull is a rodent. Do you still have it? I would need to look at the molars and other skull features to id it. Do you have shots of the skull from directly above, underneath and from the side?
- October 4th, 2014, 5:27 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Mountain Lions
- Replies: 40
- Views: 48009
Re: Mountain Lions
Owen, looks like a deer or elk rub. Cougar scratching posts are a rare find, and very rarely on vertical trees. Typically on horizontal logs. Their scrapes are much more common to see.
- September 14th, 2014, 6:09 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Birds From Around Home
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4992
Re: Birds From Around Home
Great photos! Your rodent is a pocket gopher. Good stuff, keep up the good photos.
- August 30th, 2014, 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5328
Re: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
Sent you a PM, but did not see a response. Sending everything in Monday. Thanks for offering, anyway.
- August 23rd, 2014, 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: California Herping Trip Link
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8224
Re: California Herping Trip Link
Laura,
I totally agree that is Ambystoma gracile 100%. I was referring to FieldNotes photo above. Your pic shows the rounded head, large parotoid glands and glandular ridge on tail. Even the feet have the features I described. Nice looking animal...
I totally agree that is Ambystoma gracile 100%. I was referring to FieldNotes photo above. Your pic shows the rounded head, large parotoid glands and glandular ridge on tail. Even the feet have the features I described. Nice looking animal...
- August 23rd, 2014, 8:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: California Herping Trip Link
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8224
Re: California Herping Trip Link
FieldNotes, As wildlife tracker I spend a lot of time looking at feet. That salamander has the extra toe bone in toe 4 of the hind feet typical of long-toed salamanders. There is a population in B.C. of northwestern salamanders that also have that, but outside of that area (and baring bizarre geneti...
- August 22nd, 2014, 11:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: California Herping Trip Link
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8224
Re: California Herping Trip Link
Jim,
If you want to voucher some new species follow up on the comment I made about the blog and the Apalone ferox in my comments above. That might be a first for L.A. or even for CA. Go find it!
If you want to voucher some new species follow up on the comment I made about the blog and the Apalone ferox in my comments above. That might be a first for L.A. or even for CA. Go find it!
- August 21st, 2014, 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping South San Diego Co.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2370
Re: Herping South San Diego Co.
I'd totally be in, if I was down there. Good luck, Nate!
- August 21st, 2014, 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: California Herping Trip Link
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8224
Re: California Herping Trip Link
Awesome blog. The "spiny softshell" actually has the features of a Florida softshell, including the carapace spotting. Anyone else notice that?
- August 11th, 2014, 8:08 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Looking for more hawk IDs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3671
Re: Looking for more hawk IDs
Beautiful birds! I especially like #1) Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk
2) Swainson's hawk
3) Ferruginous hawk
4) Swainson's hawk
5) Red-tailed hawk
6) Swainson's hawk
7) Swainson's hawk
8) Swainson's hawk
9) Swainson's hawk
Great captures!
2) Swainson's hawk
3) Ferruginous hawk
4) Swainson's hawk
5) Red-tailed hawk
6) Swainson's hawk
7) Swainson's hawk
8) Swainson's hawk
9) Swainson's hawk
Great captures!
- August 11th, 2014, 5:53 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
- Replies: 78
- Views: 167359
Re: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
Justinm, I hope I can meet the high expectations! Its been 3 long, hard years and I am nearly done... woah, what a ride! I don't know exactly how many pages, as the formatting may change it a bit, but its going to be close to 150,000 words, 450 color photos, and 150 pen and ink drawings (including s...
- August 10th, 2014, 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Contact info for John Vanek
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1252
Contact info for John Vanek
Hey, anybody know where I can get a hold of John Vanek? I have been trying to get a hold of him via PM for a while, with no luck. Anyone have his email? I need to ask him an important question regarding the images he sent to me for the Herp Tracking Book. Please PM me ASAP if you know anything. Than...
- August 9th, 2014, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
- Replies: 78
- Views: 167359
Re: Herp Tracking Book Progress Report
Alright friends and fellow herpers, I have entered the final hour of the Herp Tracking Book. I have only a few weeks left now, and I have to send everything in to my publisher on Sept. 1! Its exciting and nerve-wracking. Thank you to everyone for your interest and support. If there is anything you w...
- August 1st, 2014, 1:30 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: This Summer on the Monterey Bay
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15257
Re: This Summer on the Monterey Bay
This is incredible!!
I love the diversity and the behaviors you captured. Whales breaching! Sea otter eating crab! A wild sunfish... woah, man, this is a naturalists dream. Glad you had those experiences.
Thanks for the great photos.
Fil
I love the diversity and the behaviors you captured. Whales breaching! Sea otter eating crab! A wild sunfish... woah, man, this is a naturalists dream. Glad you had those experiences.
Thanks for the great photos.
Fil
- July 31st, 2014, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8963
Re: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
This kinda looks similar to your snake: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... =6&t=17572
- July 31st, 2014, 8:31 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8963
Re: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
Looks like Pacific & San Diego intergrade. Compare it to photos on Californiaherps. The head/neck looks pretty typical for annectans. The majority of the blotches match a P. c. catenifer. I unfortunately see a lot of "Sonorans" and "Bullsnakes" solid that are clearly not eith...
- July 29th, 2014, 6:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 2: Summer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4982
Re: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 2: Summer
You didn't happen to get a shot of the poop with a ruler, did you? If we didn't know the guy who was asking, and why, well that would sound pretty damn weird. Ha ha. Cheers, Jimi Believe me, I have had weirder conversations in order to get photos and data for this book. When you spend a lot of time...
- July 29th, 2014, 6:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5328
Re: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
Cool, Simpleyork. You want to give the technique a try and see if you can get some good pics?
- July 28th, 2014, 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5328
Re: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
Yeah, I actually don't have anything for any ratsnakes, not even corn snakes.
So, yeah, see if you can get some good ones.
Thank you.
So, yeah, see if you can get some good ones.
Thank you.
- July 27th, 2014, 7:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5328
Re: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
Great, Jeff!
I will send you a detailed PM immediately regarding the process. And, yes, I would love to have photos of the shovel-nosed snake eggs with a ruler in the photo for frame of reference. Thank you!
I will send you a detailed PM immediately regarding the process. And, yes, I would love to have photos of the shovel-nosed snake eggs with a ruler in the photo for frame of reference. Thank you!
- July 26th, 2014, 9:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 2: Summer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4982
Re: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 2: Summer
Jeff, Good work out there! http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/jnordland/pics%20for%20FH%20June%202014/coachwhiponsand1a_zpsa3729dda.jpg This looks like a familiar spot. Man, what a hot spot for coachwhips that area is! I have dreamed about tracking out there again, can't wait till I can get ou...
- July 26th, 2014, 5:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 1: Spring
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5630
Re: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 1: Spring
Fil - yeah, I was glad to find that sidewinder I tracked. I was thinking of you the whole time, trying to remember what you taught me. It had traveled really far - about 150 yards or so - and gone through a handful of bushes. It also changed direction a number of times. That same morning I followed...
- July 25th, 2014, 4:29 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Mole
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20762
Re: Mole
Very cool, Tim! Its great to see another fellow primitive skills enthusiast and practitioner around these parts. :beer: Making longbows is something I'd like to spend more time on when I am finished with this tracking project. I have, thankfully, also seen several live moles. It is sad to see how ma...
- July 25th, 2014, 9:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5328
Re: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
Dery, Thank you for the PM. I sent a response. Andy, I am sending you a detailed PM of how you can process them, if you wish. Thank you for being willing to get some shots of them for me. The smallest shed I worked with so far is shed skin from the head of a Peninsular leaf-toed gecko. That thing wa...
- July 24th, 2014, 6:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5328
Re: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
Thanks, Owen. Let me know if you find a good one soon. Andy, Are you interested/willing to photograph a few of those for me. Especially the coachwhip, groundsnake and CA mountain king? Let me know. If you are willing, I can explain the method I used to make the shed I posted here more photogenic.
- July 24th, 2014, 1:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1086
Calling all Sheds
Hey, anyone who wants to contribute some good photos of sheds to the Herp Book Project, check out my post on main forum: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... =2&t=20105
- July 24th, 2014, 1:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5328
Calling all Sheds: Want to contribute?
Hey fellow field herpers, I am in my final weeks of the Herp Tracking Book Project! Very soon I submit all my work. Now more than 3 years of work coming to a close. As part of my work, I am including shed identification as a chapter in the book. I have a method that works really well for photographi...
- July 24th, 2014, 8:43 am
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Mole
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20762
Re: Mole
PrimitiveTim, Cool find! Moles are amazing creatures. I get to see dead ones a few times a year around here near Seattle. They are really common, but not often seen above ground. They are most likely to surface active in spring when they pop up to seek out potential mates. Many predators, such as ho...
- July 24th, 2014, 8:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My trip up to the PNW (plus CA)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3478
Re: My trip up to the PNW (plus CA)
Zach,
So glad your trip was a success! Sorry to have missed you here. I was swamped with writing. Would have loved to join you and Gary Nafis in the field.
So glad your trip was a success! Sorry to have missed you here. I was swamped with writing. Would have loved to join you and Gary Nafis in the field.
- July 24th, 2014, 8:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I spy Jeremy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1432
Re: I spy Jeremy
Awesome! Good work out there in Utah, ya'll!
- July 22nd, 2014, 10:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 1: Spring
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5630
Re: Lifelisting San Diego County – Spring through Summer 201
Jeff, what an EPIC post dude! :thumb: :beer: There is just too much awesome in here. I was very happy to see you tracked a sidewinder and found it! All those ruber s too. Man, those snakes are gorgeous. Someday, we shall herp and go tracking again together. Till then, I will have to enjoy the treasu...
- July 20th, 2014, 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Black-tailed Rattlesnake Query
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1882
Re: Black-tailed Rattlesnake Query
This paper helped clarify, thanks ya'll:Geographically, this basal divergence corre-
sponds to a valley running from southeastern
Otero County, New Mexico through south-
central Presidio County, Texas.
http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/Anderson_Cornatus.pdf
- July 20th, 2014, 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Black-tailed Rattlesnake Query
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1882
Black-tailed Rattlesnake Query
What is the accurate Latin name for the black-tailed rattlesnake found in Sabino Canyon, Tucson, AZ? Is it Crotalus molossus molossus? Or is it Crotalus ornatus? I am finding some conflicting information on this, and am trying to make sense of it. Anyone have an definitive answers? Thank you, Fil
- July 18th, 2014, 9:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4200
Re: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
Thank you, Regalringneck. That is exactly the kind of lead I was looking for. 3 years of work are coming to a head now, and I am excited to see it completed. Thanks for the encouragement, I will have some chowder in your honor when I have completed this project. ;) I wonder if burrowing behavior in ...
- July 17th, 2014, 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4200
Re: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
Jeff, Thanks for commenting, buddy. I don't have any deep insights into shovel-nosed snake feeding habits. However, I frequently watch my captive specimens poke around the enclosure and stick their heads into all the small cracks, crevices, and holes where crickets try to hide from them. While road-...
- July 15th, 2014, 10:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4200
Re: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
I gotta admit, sometimes using the main forum for serious queries is depressing... I can watch the # of views grow, but people don't bother responding because I didn't post 50 photos in a trip report or for whatever other reason... :roll: Thanks Travis for letting me know about the link. Come on peo...
- July 14th, 2014, 3:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4200
Re: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
Try this shortened version:
Here is the original:
I don't understand why the video is not working right...hmmm.
Here is the original:
I don't understand why the video is not working right...hmmm.
- July 13th, 2014, 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4200
Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
Does anyone know if any studies have been done on Chionactis (shovel-nosed snakes) and how they hunt using vibrations? I have seen this footage a bunch of times, and was wondering if there was any scientific work out there to support it: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/JpVRDD8lLL0[/youtube] Its a c...
- July 13th, 2014, 11:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Think you can ID snake tracks? Take the test...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13532
Re: Think you can ID snake tracks? Take the test...
Greg, I am glad you are recording such a diversity. Cool stuff!
- July 3rd, 2014, 6:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Just a little Eye Candy from Spokane County
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2113
Re: Just a little Eye Candy from Spokane County
Great find, Travis! Nice looking pale fellow...
- June 27th, 2014, 9:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Micro" Toad
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1269
Re: "Micro" Toad
Nice one. Oak toad metamorph?
- June 22nd, 2014, 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Striped racer in a tree
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3504
Re: Striped whipsnake in a tree
Very cool! I enjoy seeing others using the language of the birds to find snakes. :thumb: I bet that snake was after the fledglings in the hummingbirds nest. Jim, I see tree tobacco and coastal buckwheat in that image. Looks like pretty classic coastal sage-scrub habitat. I think that snake is a C. l...
- June 22nd, 2014, 11:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Proper Taxonomy of Anolis carolinensis
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2170
Re: Proper Taxonomy of Anolis carolinensis
Thanks, Andy! I had forgotten about the Anole Annals.