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- December 9th, 2015, 12:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Pick one thing"
- Replies: 115
- Views: 51027
Re: "Pick one thing"
Jimi You obviously understand that it "takes a village" but, that village must start with the individual. Every little thing counts because it is a collective action, Grass Roots programs in a bio regional format are a great way to start. You state some good points and I feel as if your be...
- December 8th, 2015, 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Pick one thing"
- Replies: 115
- Views: 51027
Re: "Pick one thing"
Back to the original question - I really do not care for its framing. We should all be doing EVERYTHING we can - not just one thing. There IS NO ONE THING. "One thing thinking" will lead to despair ("oh well, there's nothing to be done about it"), and then failure. Failure will ...
- December 4th, 2015, 8:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Pick one thing"
- Replies: 115
- Views: 51027
Re: "Pick one thing"
Nice to see the offshoots going, vis a vis population c02 #s etc... "Meat" farming is of course very destructive and intensive in both energy demands and damage to the land. If a steak was the price of an iPhone and the all you can eats (read red lobster, outback) were forced to pay the tr...
- December 3rd, 2015, 10:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Pick one thing"
- Replies: 115
- Views: 51027
Re: "Pick one thing"
Some interesting responses so far and it was meant to elicit some reflection on our own impact but as I suspected there are some pessimists. Fortunately they are few. The diversity of approaches to salvation is not limited to driving - and obviously there are co2 sources contributing far more than s...
- December 3rd, 2015, 8:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Pick one thing"
- Replies: 115
- Views: 51027
"Pick one thing"
How many watched Racing Extinction last night? The amount of co2 we put out is staggering so if you could "pick one thing" to change about how you go about looking for reptiles and amphibians what would it be?
- November 20th, 2015, 7:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Traveling with hook.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7415
Re: Traveling with hook.
I've had mixed results in Central America. Had no problems in Yucatan and Honduras but ended up "donating" a pair to the good people in Belize. No reason to use tongs so never bring them but a simple stick made in the field wrangled everything from Bothrops to micrurus. Non-venomous does n...
- October 19th, 2015, 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Not My Find, but I Wish...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12068
Re: Not My Find, but I Wish...
So 3 specimens in total? I guess they'll be the next Cali SSC they provided that distinction for a non-native DOR 30 years ago so I wouldn't be surprised lol
- October 15th, 2015, 10:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Road cruising on Indian reservations
- Replies: 61
- Views: 15221
Re: Road cruising on Indian reservations
You don't have to be a lawyer to figure this one out. Native American lands are sovereign nations (a country within a country u mite say). In other words u cannot hunt on them, pick flowers or even hike the open space (technically). Folks who hunt Kitt Peak and collect what they find are poaching (i...
- October 12th, 2015, 10:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Myanmar Trip.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1691
Re: Myanmar Trip.
Read The Snake Charmer, it discusses some of the areas that were hunted by Joe Slowinski's ill fated expedition in 2001.
- September 16th, 2015, 11:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Post photos of wild herps feeding
- Replies: 56
- Views: 49644
- September 10th, 2015, 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Your all-time best rattlesnake shots
- Replies: 37
- Views: 18831
- August 20th, 2015, 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catching up after 3 years: USA (SW/SE), Ecuador, Belize
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5536
Re: Catching up after 3 years: USA (SW/SE), Ecuador, Belize
Hey Mike!
Nice pics man, looks like you have covered some ground since we last saw each other, and I was just in Homestead yesterday lol! I'll shoot you an email...
Cheers
B
Nice pics man, looks like you have covered some ground since we last saw each other, and I was just in Homestead yesterday lol! I'll shoot you an email...
Cheers
B
- July 21st, 2015, 11:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Expedition to Queimada Grande for the golden lancehead
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3078
Re: Expedition to Queimada Grande for the golden lancehead
Hey Bryan
Looks cool! We will have to catch one of the episodes. Finished grad school a couple months ago so time for a new adventure (plus I actually have time to sit in front of a tv)!
Stay safe
B
Btw good taste in Buff wear! I have the same one in my collection
Looks cool! We will have to catch one of the episodes. Finished grad school a couple months ago so time for a new adventure (plus I actually have time to sit in front of a tv)!
Stay safe
B
Btw good taste in Buff wear! I have the same one in my collection
- July 16th, 2015, 9:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Nicaragua and Corn Island
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3426
Re: Herping Nicaragua and Corn Island
All of the boas I have found in Belize and Honduras have been at night, though I did flip one under a piece of tin during the day. In my experience C.A. Boas move at night and after a nice rain has passed through but corn island and the boid in question are a different bird. If you are going to the ...
- July 7th, 2015, 10:46 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: "reptile zoo Nockalm", an exhibiton in austria UPDATE 2017
- Replies: 62
- Views: 110926
Re: "reptile zoo Nockalm", an exhibiton in austria UPDATE 20
Very nice facility and the photos are stunning. I am happy to be part of the 1% that took a moment to say thank you for sharing your work.
- June 17th, 2015, 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Not the only one out looking for 'snakes'
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10995
Re: Not the only one out looking for 'snakes'
You'll see that in whitewater canyon on Friday nites but here in California they don't care about obscurity they'll trade favors/hunt bottoms all nite long right next to the road...
- June 13th, 2015, 9:57 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Anyone working with L.t.gigae
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3264
Re: Anyone working with L.t.gigae
Thanks guys, yep I spoke with Jeff today. He sent me some photos of the adults he is working with, apparently they are a smaller western slope locale.
- June 8th, 2015, 9:24 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Anyone working with L.t.gigae
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3264
Anyone working with L.t.gigae
Looking for some quality breeders/offspring
Cheers
Cheers
- May 13th, 2015, 8:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: USGS Desert Tortoise Project: Part 5
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14432
Re: USGS Desert Tortoise Project: Part 5
Very nice. I know that lil canyon too. Are you working for Jeff Lovich by chance?
- May 7th, 2015, 9:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Will Be Stationed At The Mojave National Preserve in SoCal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2162
Re: Will Be Stationed At The Mojave National Preserve in SoC
Congrats! You couldn't ask for a better duty station in the desrt unless it was in Tucson or similar lol. I cut my teeth in the east mojave and have been going to that preserve (now a park) for the past 30 years. It's gone through a lot of change (mostly for the better) and harbors some of the best ...
- May 6th, 2015, 12:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Belize Herp ID's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3609
Re: Belize Herp ID's
...I agree it is not Coniophanes ; at second glance it definitely had the wrong head and the semi-keeled/iridescent appearance resembles the Adelphicos I collected around Cayo, BZ. Now here is a nice way to start out the first night in country :beer: http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/warner_04/...
- May 4th, 2015, 9:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Belize Herp ID's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3609
Re: Belize Herp ID's
...BZ is a great herping destination. Your snake looks to be a Coniophanes fissidens.
- April 22nd, 2015, 10:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Interesting Chuckwalla
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4947
- March 6th, 2015, 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Truths behind fake nature photography
- Replies: 69
- Views: 25685
Re: Truths behind fake nature photography
Ask him where the Rebel base is located...
- February 21st, 2015, 7:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5134
Re: Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
Jonathon - yep, I can count on one hand how many feeding events I have come across in the wild that involved snakes w/o using many of the fingers on that hand... Nice pics Brian! Is that snake in some other critters enclosure? I have a neat failure that involved an overambitious cerastes and a large...
- February 20th, 2015, 8:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5134
Re: Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
Thanks GBIn I was impressed when I saw the picture and figured it needed to be shared. Regal that is a fine looking chuck, pity they are never around when I'm out there maybe this year now that I'm dun with school. My only feeding encounter like this involved a coachwhip and a desert iguana in DV NP...
- February 18th, 2015, 9:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5134
Re: Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
Howdy Vic
Thanks and yes the message I try to send home during my presentation is appreciate nature in all it's forms just maintain a safe distance
I did see the bunny pic and almost threw this pic up there but did not want to hijack the OP.
Cheers
Thanks and yes the message I try to send home during my presentation is appreciate nature in all it's forms just maintain a safe distance
I did see the bunny pic and almost threw this pic up there but did not want to hijack the OP.
Cheers
- February 18th, 2015, 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5134
Breakfast - the most important meal of the day
I usually get a flood of pics following my venomous creature safety talk and this year did not disappoint... As seen by one of our staff recently in Riverside County. http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/warner_04/IMG_4295_zpspkurxytw.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/warner_04/IMG_4294_z...
- January 16th, 2015, 11:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Range Extension for Crotalus molossus molossus
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3326
Re: Range Extension for Crotalus molossus molossus
Those are, or appear, to be the second most common snake down there next to the spex. The blind snake I submitted to ASU in 09 was a head scratcher especially considering the time of year. Chip, it was good seeing you and Bryan during the last visit, did Bryan get his charger back? Call me if u head...
- January 16th, 2015, 11:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: recently enlisted in navy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6071
Re: recently enlisted in navy
Boy does that bring back memories. Firstly don't get your hopes up, the navy will place you where they need you regardless of what any recruiter told you. I ended up in Orlando for my RTC and then went to A school in Virginia for my rating and followed this with C school later on. If you want to tra...
- October 14th, 2014, 10:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Possible Country Records for the US
- Replies: 196
- Views: 629516
Re: Possible Country Records for the US
Here is a potential scenario, and the only one I would consider that involved humans: A. A live snake was captured in Baja and subsequently smuggled into the U.S. through Tecate, and after passing through the POE the folks discovered the snake was dead and chucked it out the window. Looking at the D...
- October 9th, 2014, 9:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Possible Country Records for the US
- Replies: 196
- Views: 629516
Re: Possible Country Records for the US = Bogus Bogies
Bogertophis rosaliae (one record, probably legit, but very controversial... someone could find this if they tried) I am confused here… The voucher is “anonymous” so good luck trying to interview the vouchee (even if they are still living), and many people have tried to find them for the last 30+ ye...
- September 12th, 2014, 10:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: AZ and NM, 12 days including the NAFHA meeting
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8314
Re: AZ and NM, 12 days including the NAFHA meeting
40 minute delay?.?
U have far more patience than I do. It does not take that long to search a car and licenses/permits should have seen you on your way in 5 minutes.
Excellent work though and nice pics thanks for taking the time to post this
U have far more patience than I do. It does not take that long to search a car and licenses/permits should have seen you on your way in 5 minutes.
Excellent work though and nice pics thanks for taking the time to post this
- August 28th, 2014, 11:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Arroyo Toad Site Torn Up by Off-Road Vehicles
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12992
Re: Arroyo Toad Site Torn Up by Off-Road Vehicles
There was a fair amount of critical habitat designated for them a year or so ago but I don't know if your area is included. I would not bother trying to educate them it's a waste of your time which could be spent contacting a warden and snapping a few license plate shots.
- August 21st, 2014, 8:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping South San Diego Co.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2370
Re: Herping South San Diego Co.
Ewe should also keep rosaliae on your radar...not sure where u will be but if u are in the vicinity of mountain springs off the 8 u might check the rock piles and any palms u come across.
- August 13th, 2014, 11:02 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Tripod Suggestion Request
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4047
Re: Tripod Suggestion Request
yeah with a cell phone the pixie might be too big, but having tried the flexible versions I have found that in a seemingly short time they lose the ability to "hold" the position so I have stuck with static arms. Manfrotto makes another version that is very lite and much smaller, a true mi...
- August 13th, 2014, 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Game Warden Feedback (TX Specifically)
- Replies: 130
- Views: 535013
Re: Game Warden Feedback (TX Specifically)
I don't have time to read through it all so I do not know if the below point was expanded upon... Bird watching & playing a tape or "pishing" at birds is a much better candidate activity for criminal-tax consequence purposes ... now dang it where did that baldheaded potatoebugg go? : }...
- August 9th, 2014, 12:22 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Tripod Suggestion Request
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4047
- July 30th, 2014, 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Game Warden Feedback (TX Specifically)
- Replies: 130
- Views: 535013
Re: Game Warden Feedback (TX Specifically)
This piece is pretty spot on in terms of where the culture is headed http://rare.us/story/bill-maher-slams-p ... ed-states/
- June 5th, 2014, 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5582
Re: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
Hi Jim, Yeah no secrecy required but with all the paranoia we see here about locales, I figured I'd take the "covert" road. I could see folks getting excited about the black ones that I find which look like a cerb but otherwise I doubt there is a demand for these hahahaha. The Canal is act...
- June 4th, 2014, 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5582
Re: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
Hey Jim, You mentioned "these from the Coachella Canal" so am I understanding correctly that these two animals were found IN the Coachella Valley nearby the Canal? This is a safety concern for my staff who work on the Canal so please let me know via PM whereabouts you found these snakes (i...
- June 2nd, 2014, 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: striped L.g.californiae as DPS?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2887
Re: striped L.g.californiae as DPS?
One problem I see with establishing these kings as a DPS is the fact that they are not “discrete”; in other words there is no physical/physiological/ecological or behavioral difference between these kings and the rest of the population (except for stripes or muddy appearance which does not make a sp...
- June 1st, 2014, 1:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5582
Re: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
Thanks hellihooks, and yeah, the operator's would be miffed if you called their excavator a backhoe lol...some of the rocks that monster relocated were the size of my Tacoma... So back to the helleri, if they were indeed found in the confines of the CV it would be appreciated if you would forward th...
- May 31st, 2014, 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5582
it be a cold day in helleri before you find one of those in
Indio. The All American Canal comes off the Lower Colorado River, you are referring to the Coachella Canal which belongs to the Bureau of Reclamation and is operated/managed by CVWD. If helleri are indeed found in JT (relict pops so few and far between) then it is possible the occasional snake finds...
- April 17th, 2014, 9:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ... when reptile art imitates life ...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1412
Re: ... when reptile art imitates life ...
Dood I thought we decided to hold off, now I gotta make more of those things?
- April 7th, 2014, 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: help ID a snake from a camera trap in central nicaragua
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1831
Re: help ID a snake from a camera trap in central nicaragua
Impossible to tell really, having seen several corales in the region I can tell you the banding is Highly variable for C.A. Corales but it could be one of the nigrocinctus or alleni crowd. It's a big one though, those Ocelots are not exactly small cats. There are multifascistus as well which can be ...
- March 13th, 2014, 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Raft-less transoceanic dispersal by a giant tortoise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2914
Re: Raft-less transoceanic dispersal by a giant tortoise
2 years ago we found a 40-50 pound Sulcatta in our main canal in the coachella valley that had likely come up from Imperial county. It was floating long enough to grow a carpet of filamentous algae on its shell and likely passed through several siphons as well. Upon rescue I also noticed how soft it...
- February 25th, 2014, 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Blind Snakes and Screech Owls?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8984
Re: Blind Snakes and Screech Owls?
Burrowing owls are suspected of doing this as well. Several authorities that I know have found blind snakes at the entrance of owl burrows..
Pretty cool stuff
Pretty cool stuff
- February 20th, 2014, 10:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: CA hunting license new rules?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1270
Re: CA hunting license new rules?
You think SCP's are bad try a recovery permit from USFWS I'm at 3 months and holding an I got a thesis to start writing ughhhh.
- October 24th, 2013, 10:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Another Arizona EOY Post
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3849
Re: Another Arizona EOY Post
...for some reason it looked small, but after looking at the photo again I used what looked like the remains of a Scolopendra for scale and that would definitely make that tula pretty large. The deer picture shows a dark patch where the ground meets the does body just in front of the rear leg, almos...