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- October 13th, 2014, 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: zoos in the US that have best representation of China herps?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8700
Re: zoos in the US that have best representation of Asian he
I think the Columbus Zoo has a pretty good variety of turtles. That Chattanooga Aquarium also had and endangered turtle display when I was there several years ago.
- October 1st, 2014, 9:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Asia Adventure 2014 Part 1: West Malaysia
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13694
Re: Asia Adventure 2014 Part 1: West Malaysia
Excellent trip. That pangolin would be the highlight for me. Great job!!
- August 29th, 2014, 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herps in the Home
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5254
Re: Herps in the Home
Used to have Tiger Salamanders in the basement years ago. Occasionally we'll find a small Eastern Garter Snake in the house, typically in the winter. I assume they are under the bark in the firewood pile and wake up when the wood is stored inside.
- August 23rd, 2014, 11:02 am
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
Willow Flycatcher in western PA a couple weeks ago will probably be my last lifer until Bioko and Ethiopia this winter.
- August 17th, 2014, 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mud and Musk Turtles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3977
- August 15th, 2014, 8:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Border safety in south tx
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2382
Re: Border safety in south tx
I was there last spring and was in the field daily for a month along the border. I only had two incidents of note, both at Santa Ana NWR. One was a group of college age kids running out of the woods and across the road. They didn't bother anyone and were just trying to get north. The other I was bir...
- August 14th, 2014, 4:42 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Avibase - an online tool for bird data geeks like me
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8869
Re: Avibase - an online tool for bird data geeks like me
From what I can see, emammal was snapped up by someone to use on a decent project, but nowhere near the scope and user benefits that ebird has. I don't see an online mammal recording website that is on par with ebird in the near future. Hopefully some day, I would love to use Avibase on my mammal da...
- August 1st, 2014, 1:26 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: This Summer on the Monterey Bay
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15252
Re: This Summer on the Monterey Bay
That's pretty impressive from shore! I really like the Salmon Shark as well, even if it is dead.
Curtis Hart
Curtis Hart
- July 27th, 2014, 7:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Carapace?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1813
- July 26th, 2014, 9:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Head torches/headlamps
- Replies: 57
- Views: 31205
Re: Head torches
I'll add another vote for Fenix. I own 3 Fenix headlamps and all work great. One is in its third season of bat surveys where I use it in the field for 5 hours every night for 70-90 days straight.
- July 26th, 2014, 9:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mud and Musk Turtles
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3977
- July 15th, 2014, 7:10 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Avibase - an online tool for bird data geeks like me
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8869
Re: Avibase - an online tool for bird data geeks like me
I don't see being able to leave Avisys. I'll still need it for mammals, which are more important to me than birds. Herpmapper is great, but still online and as a consultant who works for private industry, I cannot put incidental work records in Herpmapper. This would create some holes in my data, as...
- July 15th, 2014, 9:58 am
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Avibase - an online tool for bird data geeks like me
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8869
Re: Avibase - an online tool for bird data geeks like me
This makes it pretty tempting to move all my records from Avisys to Ebird. The one downfall I see is having to be online to access my own records.
- July 10th, 2014, 9:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Borneo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3843
Re: Herping Borneo
The easy answer is yes, there are many places you can go without a guide.
- June 28th, 2014, 10:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best product to use as a field journal?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4830
Re: Best product to use as a field journal?
I know of the "Rite-in-the-Rain" brand, but I have read that it is difficult to write on those with much other than mechanical pencils. Does anybody here have a recommendation for a brand or a product that works well as a field journal? I am using this brand right now for work. I do use a...
- June 20th, 2014, 1:02 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Bat call
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12582
Re: Bat call
All that I've done with bat calls is set out Anabat Detectors and download the data. I've never analyzed the data. Bats do make audible sounds. Big Browns and Hoarys in particular are pretty loud of the ones I've handled.
Curtis
Curtis
- May 6th, 2014, 7:32 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
I just got back from a quick trip to California. I picked up California Gnatcatcher, Cassin's Vireo, Le Conte's Thrasher, Nuttall's Woodpecker, and Black-throated Gray Warbler.
- April 24th, 2014, 8:22 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 191294
Re: What was your last lifer?
dery wrote:Second Easter Sunday in a row finding a bat.
How'd you find it? What Kind of bat was it?
- April 23rd, 2014, 3:07 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Scientists name world's 100 most unusual and endangered bird
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5934
Re: Scientists name world's 100 most unusual and endangered
I've seen the Secretary Bird and California Condor, with the numbers on the wing. I remember deciding not to make an effort to see a Maleo in Sulawesi, in hindsight, I regret that. I probably saw Greater Adjuncts in Cambodia back in '01, however, that was before I knew I enjoyed birding and made no ...
- April 9th, 2014, 10:27 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
The trip from TCI to Puerto Rico had few birds. I did pick up three lifers though. A Brown Noddy in TCI waters, a Red-footed Booby in DR waters, and a pair of Black-capped Petrels sitting right over the deepest part of the Puerto Rican Trench. Puerto Rican birding is easy, and I saw 23 new species, ...
- April 3rd, 2014, 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bimini - A shark lover's paradise
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8994
Re: Bimini - A shark lover's paradise
I like seeing it all this way much better than facebook. That Hammerhead is quite the sighting. I do see a fish ID that I believe is questionable. In the picture of the French Angelfish, your half a fish in the upper left hand corner looks like a Yellow Goatfish rather than a Yellowtail Snapper. You...
- April 3rd, 2014, 3:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Turtle Species Discovered
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3426
Re: New Turtle Species Discovered
I was about half way through when I realized we were near April 1st. I continued before checking the date and the first reply. Excellent post.
Curtis
Curtis
- April 3rd, 2014, 3:30 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 191294
Re: What was your last lifer?
I've been sailing, starting in Panama City, FL and am currently in Puerto Rico. I started out with Atlantic Spotted Dolphins in FL, saw Buffy Flower Bats, Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bats, Pantropical Spotted Dolphins, and Bahamian Hutia in the Bahamas. The Hutia, with the very limited, very remote rang...
- March 22nd, 2014, 6:12 am
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
I finally manaed to find a Bahamas Mockinbird in Andros, since then, they've been one of the more common birds. I saw a few White-cheeked Pintails on Eleuthera, then White-tailed Tropicbirds and Brown Boobys at sea. I just saw a couple Cuban Crows from the dock in TCI. Headed SE.
Curtis
Curtis
- February 18th, 2014, 6:33 am
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Fisher on the beach
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19936
Re: Fisher on the beach
That is an incredible sighting!! I have never seen a Fisher before, but I have seen their tracks on a beach similar to that on Lake Superior. There was pine forest just off the beach, but it traveled on the beach for a mile or more.
Curtis
Curtis
- February 2nd, 2014, 5:24 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: A Few Michigan Birds
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3997
Re: A Few Michigan Birds
Nice photos as always. You've done well on the owls this year. Are you enough of a birder that you have a life list now? How far along are you?
- January 24th, 2014, 4:30 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
I've been doing pretty well in the Bahamas. I picked up Smooth-billed Ani in Bimini. In the Berries we saw Cuban Pewee, Bahama Woodstar, La Sagra's Flycatcher, and Greater Antillean Bullfinch. I've been in Andros for the last couple of days and things have really picked up. We have seen Great Lizard...
- January 9th, 2014, 6:23 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: North American big cats
- Replies: 34
- Views: 80480
Re: North American big cats
AS far as I know there have been no confirmed Jagaurundi in the US since the late 80's. South Texas has been heavily surveyed with no luck. As for AZ, I'm not sure when the last documented Jagaurundi was, but it was before the TX one. I have seen one Canada Lynx in AK and several Bobcats in the US. ...
- January 1st, 2014, 5:37 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
I've started sailing now, and my first new bird of the trip was a Parasitic Jeager in Tampa Bay. I also saw a Thick-billed Vireo on South Bimini today.
- November 29th, 2013, 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Well, I lied.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4821
Re: Well, I lied.
Nice Heosemys! I always enjoy seeing turtles in SE Asia posts.
- November 7th, 2013, 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sing n the Blues (New video of Blue Coral Snake)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5028
Re: Sing n the Blues
That is a great experience! I'm glad you saw those impressive snakes.
Curtis
Curtis
- November 7th, 2013, 2:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best winter finds?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9776
Re: Best winter finds?
I usually travel in winter, so some favorite finds have been Mata mata, Green Anaconda, Spiny Hill Turtle, etc. This winter I'll be in the eastern Caribbean, so I'm looking forward to sea turtles, anoles, and iguanas. The best would be if I could snorkel/dive with a Leatherback.
Curtis
Curtis
- October 25th, 2013, 7:55 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Alaska Inside Passage Mammals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17344
Re: Alaska Inside Passage Mammals
I must have missed this as I was traveling when it was posted. Excellent post! You were able to get some great shots of some great species.
- October 21st, 2013, 10:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Mexico?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4308
Re: Herping Mexico?
I worked in South Texas for 6 months of the last year. There are some fantastic birds, mammals, and herps in the cloud forests just a few hours south of the border. I asked often and many people, and I did not find 1 person that thought travel to Tamalipas was a good idea. You could probably go, and...
- October 17th, 2013, 1:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: multimedia Puerto Rico trip report - get a comfortable chair
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4240
Re: multimedia Puerto Rico trip report - get a comfortable c
Excellent trip report. I really liked the various anoles and frog calls. Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri is also high on my wish list. I'll be sailing parts of the Caribbean starting in December and this post has me excited for some of the land days. Is there a audio guide to the frogs of Puerto Ric...
- October 2nd, 2013, 12:10 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 191294
Re: What was your last lifer?
And while researching that online I discovered that they had moved the NA otters into another genus? I always like Lutra . I'm not changing. ;) No lifers is a bummer, but that's your fault for seeing them before. :lol: They changed that a long time ago. I learned Lontra in college, back in '01. Yea...
- September 29th, 2013, 3:35 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 191294
Re: What was your last lifer?
I just completed a 5 week cross country road trip with extended stops in Glacier, Yellowstone, Badlands, Mt Rainier, Olympic, and Roosevelt NPS. I saw 0 lifers. I guess I've already picked off the easy stuff and didn't get lucky. We still had 48 species, including 4 Marmota , Pygmy Shrew, both speci...
- September 23rd, 2013, 9:54 am
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
Added Heermann's Gull, California Gull, and Black Turnstone in WA and BC. Heermann's gull has to be the best looking gull in the ABA.
Curtis
Curtis
- September 22nd, 2013, 2:31 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Algonquin Provincial Park?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12317
Re: Algonquin Provincial Park?
I stopped by briefly, 1 night I think, on my way back from whale watching in Quebec and New Brunswick. It was before I kept detailed records of my mammal and bird watching, but I did easily see Moose and my lifer Woodland Jumping Mouse. I've heard American Martens can be very easy here, but I missed...
- September 13th, 2013, 10:15 am
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
I'm currently in Washington, but have been in Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and Glacier NPs recently. Looks like I may have been in the area at the same time as ChrisH. I also saw the Dusky Grouse, Gray Jays and Clark's Nutcracker in GT NP, but they weren't lifers. I must have seen 10 of the Nutcra...
- June 24th, 2013, 10:18 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Mess of Exotic Herpetofauna (Thailand)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3635
Re: A Mess of Exotic Herpetofauna (Thailand)
Great post. Even though it is shorter than usual, there is a lot of great stuff in there. I agree with Gila-91, the turtle, which was my favorite photo of the post, is Malayemys subtrijuga.
Curtis
Curtis
- June 21st, 2013, 11:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: RFI: Herps, Mammals and Birds in Costa Rica please...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1902
Re: RFI: Herps, Mammals and Birds in Costa Rica please...
Not being able to hike into Corcovado is going to make this much more difficult. Will she camp in a tent? Spectacled Caiman - Easy in Totugero or Sirenia station Corcovado. I'm sure you'll find it somewhere. Fer-de-lance - night walk in the jungle and be careful not to step on one. Tamandua - I norm...
- May 23rd, 2013, 6:37 am
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Big Brown Bat
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3703
Re: Big Brown Bat
When I was volunteering at a wild bird rescue mammals were sometimes brought in too. Nobody that had not been vaccinated for rabies was allowed to handle bats. You're right, I shouldn't have suggested that a nonvaccinated person check a bats teeth. Sep11ie, do you have a better photo of your bat? Y...
- May 20th, 2013, 7:43 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Cross country road trip advice
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4025
Re: Cross country road trip advice
If you have any time in LA, you might try a pelagic or whale watch. They're cheaper than the east coast with better chances at whales.
- May 19th, 2013, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Big Brown Bat
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3703
Re: Big Brown Bat
Big Brown is a possible, but with no size reference you can't rule out an Evening Bat. Both are common in your area and both will roost in man made structures. To be sure, you'd need a forearm measurement, or check and see how many incisors it has.
Curtis
Curtis
- May 7th, 2013, 9:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake Fungal Disease
- Replies: 95
- Views: 34636
Re: Snake Fungal Disease
Uh-huh - by you, anyway. What's your source for anyone else (aside from another FHF member who recently made the same accusation against researchers, also without a shred of supporting documentation) "fingering" spelunkers and researchers for spreading the fungus that causes white nose sy...
- May 6th, 2013, 1:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: FL Panhandle
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3294
Re: FL Panhandle
Broke college student here- I cannot afford the gas to go road cruising or get to my tin sites. There are plenty of places within biking distance of Gainesville to look for snakes. That said, I only ever looked on campus while I was there. I should have headed farther afield more often. Great post!...
- May 4th, 2013, 5:48 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Cottontail
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3190
Re: Cottontail
I've also not really photographed some of the common yard mammals I see daily. For example I saw at least 6 Eastern Cottontails today and have only taken one, very poor, photo of them ever. Maybe I'll get around to it like you have. I'd be pretty happy if my shots come out as good as yours did. Curtis
- May 2nd, 2013, 3:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo and West Malaysia - The Snakes! (Now Frogs!)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15478
Re: Borneo and West Malaysia - The Snakes!
Seems like your posts just get better and better. You found some great species. I really like the tortoise. I think I am dreading you leaving Asia as much as you are. The jungle around Ipoh is pristine and unexplored. However, there isn't much access to it and the town itself is pretty grim. No-one ...
- April 23rd, 2013, 12:20 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998590
Re: What was your last lifer?...
You got two birds that I don't have - Virginia's Warbler and Mexican Whip-poorwill. I've seen both but didn't count either sighting. Interesting that there were still geese at Balmorrhea. No Ross's among the snows? They are pretty common there if there are any white geese. Why didn't you count thos...