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- February 14th, 2019, 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Winter Break Happenings-Eastern US Salamanders
- Replies: 6
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Re: Winter Break Happenings-Eastern US Salamanders
Thanks for the kind comments guys! Streamsides are awesome critters for sure--so unique in the niche they occupy. As for Serpent Mound, I suppose me looking over the landscape and imagining it all in woodlands is more of a romanticized version of the past that never existed--except for before the Na...
- February 2nd, 2019, 10:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Winter Break Happenings-Eastern US Salamanders
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10320
Winter Break Happenings-Eastern US Salamanders
Note: the video companion to this post can be viewed on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se_TMt-s9mA&t=34s Snow covered the mountains of Western Virginia about two feet deep as Bethany and I left for Michigan to visit my family over Christmas break. Curiously enough, while the Old Dom...
- October 12th, 2018, 9:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick trip to the Smokys
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14340
Re: Quick trip to the Smokys
Man, the Smokies are always a nice place to be, aren't they? On you sally pics, it depends on where those desmogs were found (and the "dull two-line"). I've never seen one, but from looking at many pictures of Junaluska, my first thought when scrolling over that picture was, "Good gri...
- July 10th, 2018, 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: rarest snake in Northeastern US?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6466
Re: rarest snake in Northeastern US?
That's an interesting one for sure. Not to get too cute about it, but this depends not only on what she considers "rare" (you can hear a million Western Chorus Frogs in Michigan in March and April, but seeing one requires the patience of a sloth waiting for an Uber, Corn snakes are pretty ...
- July 10th, 2018, 3:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Happenings in Western Virginia
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6085
Happenings in Western Virginia
Hi everyone, Things have heated up quickly in Virginia's mountains since my return from DC, and to document some of the finds, mostly road cruising, which will undoubtedly continue with the hot, sunny weather. I also happened across some old footage of SW Virginia salamanders, so I've posted a coupl...
- June 17th, 2018, 10:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Hallowed Ground
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10878
Re: Herping Hallowed Ground
Thanks Josh! You're not a bad writer yourself...a "Rogue Year" is still one of my favorite posts to re-visit from time to time. Happy herping!
Jefferson
Jefferson
- June 12th, 2018, 3:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Weekend in West Virginia
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8678
Weekend in West Virginia
At the start, let me say you can also view the youtube video to go along with this post (and some of my other older videos) at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yOTq5_QlOEMfdL3g1JQ8Q. or on my blog at: https://middleamericanmusings.wordpress.com/ Anyway, this Saturday, Bethany and I decided to tak...
- May 27th, 2018, 7:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Hallowed Ground
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10878
Re: Herping Hallowed Ground
Battlefield pictures are on the blog and in the video, along with video of the battlefield from two places, Culp's Hill and Seminary Ridge. Enjoy!
- May 27th, 2018, 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Hallowed Ground
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10878
Re: Herping Hallowed Ground
Let's try those pictures again:
Red-bellied sliders
Defensive rat snake
Red-bellied sliders
Defensive rat snake
- May 27th, 2018, 7:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Hallowed Ground
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10878
Herping Hallowed Ground
With only another week here in my DC internship, I figured it was time to take advantage of my northerly position to visit Gettysburg and do some Pennsylvania herping in the process. Bethany and I headed north early in the morning, at first with difficulty as the labyrinthine city streets of Washing...
- May 1st, 2018, 3:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Day of Spotteds
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3826
Re: A Day of Spotteds
Ah. Right you are. This should do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vVDIImqCwI&t=3s
Thank you!
Thank you!
- April 29th, 2018, 2:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Day of Spotteds
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3826
A Day of Spotteds
Yesterday morning, under foggy skies and beleaguered of Washington DC, I left for the outlying areas on the Virginia side of the capital, where the strip malls and cookie-cutter housing developments begin to yield to long-abandoned tobacco fields, their soil exhausted by the Republic's Founding, and...
- April 20th, 2018, 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Eastern North Carolina Finds
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3422
Eastern North Carolina Finds
This past Sunday, Bethany and I started down from the Virginia Piedmont toward the North Carolina Sandhills, outracing an approaching thunderstorm system through the verdant, blooming springtime forests of the foothills to the sounds of Glen Campbell, 80s rock, and bluegrass covers of John Denver. O...
- April 3rd, 2018, 6:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Anyone want to herp the Croatan with us?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3321
Re: Anyone want to herp the Croatan with us?
Wish we were also going to the mountains on this trip. Such a beautiful time of year in the hills out in Western NC, but we're sticking to points east of I-73 (Sandhills, Research triangle, coastal plain assorted stuff, Croatan).
- April 3rd, 2018, 11:21 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Anyone want to herp the Croatan with us?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3321
Anyone want to herp the Croatan with us?
Hi you all, My girlfriend Bethany (RichinReptiles) and I are going to be in the Croatan the evening of the 16th and pretty much the whole day (until dinnertime) on the 17th of April here in a couple of weeks on a five-day swing through Eastern North Carolina and the Sandhills. Sorry for the short no...
- January 28th, 2018, 9:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sunday on the York Peninsula
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2131
Sunday on the York Peninsula
Early this morning (yesterday morning now, I suppose), a good friend and I motored across the Blue Ridge from college, bound for Virginia’s low country, its more genteel, aristocratic section. First, we stopped in the Piedmont to go to church and pick up my girlfriend Bethany, then headed east to Ri...
- November 22nd, 2017, 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sandhills Stuff
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2746
Sandhills Stuff
Last month, Bethany and I headed down to the North Carolina Sandhills, some of the most biologically diverse country in the American southeast. Here, the Piedmont and Coastal Plain collide in a series of dry, piney ridges and lowland swamps and seeps that flow over sand substrate and into the slow r...
- July 5th, 2017, 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South and West 2017 Summer
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3991
South and West 2017 Summer
It's been a while since I've posted my finds on this forum, since my foray into Southern Appalachia in April, in fact. Since then, I've come home from college in Virginia, and the family took a trip to Yellowstone, the first time any of us had seen the Wyoming Rockies. The trip west took us across I...
- May 30th, 2017, 7:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Trip Report: Virginia Appalachians
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4650
Re: Trip Report: Virginia Appalachians
Beautiful pics and post, Matt! Those shots of the Peaks of Otter are stunning! On the Shenandoah Mountain/Redback dichotomy, I don't recall whether all the rest of those pics are Shenandoah Mountain, but they look like it. I know we found some more Redbacks interspersed with the P. Virginia, but I d...
- April 19th, 2017, 3:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Carolina's Caudates on my Mind
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3642
Carolina's Caudates on my Mind
Last Friday, winter semester ended, and it saw me cruising south along I-81 to the music of Allison Krauss and George Strait toward what may be properly called "Salamander Mecca," the hills of Western North Carolina. As I rolled south, I noticed a tanker truck for Sheetz that had the words...
- February 28th, 2017, 7:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Little Road Cruise through the Shenandoah
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1791
A Little Road Cruise through the Shenandoah
I've been back home in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley for just under a week now, and with college classes back in full swing, I almost wasn't able to go road cruising tonight. But when, on rare occasion, the weather guessers are correct in their prognostications, as they were tonight, it's tough to...
- February 26th, 2017, 10:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sauntering through the Sandhills
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1782
Re: Sauntering through the Sandhills
Forgot the cricket frog picture. This guy had a bright red stripe and was found in South Carolina:
- February 25th, 2017, 8:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sauntering through the Sandhills
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1782
Sauntering through the Sandhills
Well, it's that time of the year again: February. When I lived in Michigan, it was the most miserable month of the year, the month where spring started to seem tantalizingly close but the anticipation of new herping, new birds, new life made every single day get longer. Now that I'm in Virginia, Feb...
- December 8th, 2016, 9:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Year in Review - Part One
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4761
Re: Year in Review - Part One
I'm down in the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley in a town called Lexington. We're about an hour from Big Levels, Peaks of Otter, Wehrle's, and Cow Knob sallies depending on which way you go from town!
- December 7th, 2016, 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Year in Review - Part One
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4761
Re: Year in Review - Part One
Amazing post with some impressive lifers from down Sunshine State way. I'm in Western Virginia, about three hours from DC, and if you ever get the time to come out this way, I can point you toward a ton of cool salamander lifers. Happy herpin'!
- October 30th, 2016, 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southside Virginia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3710
Southside Virginia
It's been a little while since I posted about the "Jewels of the North Woods" in Michigan. Since then, I have gone back to college in Virginia, and between writing papers and volunteering, I have found time to herp thrice in Virginia, once to see some old friends in the Blue Ridge, once to...
- August 26th, 2016, 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Pictures for the "Jewels of the North Woods" post
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1843
Pictures for the "Jewels of the North Woods" post
Thanks to Corey of the Midwest forum, I have finally cracked the code on how to put pictures on the forum here from my computer. Here are a few from my recent post "Jewels of the North Woods" about my adventures north of the 45th parallel. Huge American toad just off Lake Michigan shore ht...
- August 26th, 2016, 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jewels of the North Woods
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3002
Re: Jewels of the North Woods
Here we go:
- August 26th, 2016, 12:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jewels of the North Woods
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3002
Re: Jewels of the North Woods
Take two on gigantic Bufo americanus picture:
- August 26th, 2016, 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jewels of the North Woods
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3002
Re: Jewels of the North Woods
Thanks, Corey! I am trying your method experimentally here, so if a photo accompanies this post, I will have finally cracked the code! Happy herping to you!
Jefferson
- August 22nd, 2016, 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping 8-14 through 8-18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4945
Re: Herping 8-14 through 8-18
Some beautiful serpents on that trip! Pine Snakes are definitely making their way up my "hit list" for 2017!
- August 19th, 2016, 6:21 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jewels of the North Woods
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2035
Re: Jewels of the North Woods
Thank you for the kind words! On naherp, these are submitted under my real name (Richendollar, Nathan). Enjoy!
- August 18th, 2016, 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jewels of the North Woods
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2035
Jewels of the North Woods
The canine days of summer, sweltering in Michigan just like they were in Virginia, drove me and my brother to go "up north" as we call it up here in the mitten. Monday morning, we left the Detroit metro area for the North Woods in search of fish (my brother is becoming an avid fisherman) a...
- August 18th, 2016, 5:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jewels of the North Woods
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3002
Jewels of the North Woods
The canine days of summer, sweltering in Michigan just like they were in Virginia, drove me and my brother to go "up north" as we call it up here in the mitten. Monday morning, we left the Detroit metro area for the North Woods in search of fish (my brother is becoming an avid fisherman) a...
- July 27th, 2016, 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First Rattlesnakes!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1900
First Rattlesnakes!!
On Friday, July 22, an alluring thought popped into my head: it was 95 degrees, and a road cruise through a rocky, south-facing slope area might yield a Timber Rattlesnake. I thought the chances were very low to actually find one of these big bruisers and that I would likely find a few non-venomous ...
- July 10th, 2016, 8:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Need a frog I.D.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4946
Re: Need a frog I.D.
I would generally concur with Noah's first post here. The coloration and pattern looks like some sort of chorus frog, but if you look at the end of the toes, it definitely has treefrog suction pads, which chorus frogs don't have. That leaves peepers and the myriad of treefrogs we have down in the So...
- July 10th, 2016, 8:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cumberland Mountains rocket run
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- Views: 2419
Cumberland Mountains rocket run
On my way back to college in Virginia from Michigan, I decided to hit a little park in Kentucky's rugged southeastern mountains in search of my 14th lifer of the year. As such, I left Detroit at midnight headed southbound and arrived in the Southern Kentucky hills on I-75 just as the sun rose and fo...
- July 4th, 2016, 4:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Michigan herpers?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3025
Re: Michigan herpers?
I go to school in Virginia, but I'll be back for a month come August. It's usually pretty slow herping around that time of year, though.
Jefferson
Jefferson
- June 3rd, 2016, 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Megolithic May
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2363
Re: Megolithic May
Thanks for the kind words, you all. As to pictures, there absolutely are pictures on naherp.com if you search records by me, "Nathan Richendollar." Kevin: I don't want to give away my locale in NW Virginia, but I wasn't on Shenandoah Mountain per se. It did rain about a day and a half befo...
- May 31st, 2016, 5:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Megolithic May
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2363
Megolithic May
Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted, but in that time, I have racked up nine lifers in the heavenly hills of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. It all started with a spontaneous trip to a locale in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, meant only to test my car, which shockingly yie...
- April 20th, 2016, 9:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Ohio's record gaps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4174
Re: Ohio's record gaps
Update: Perry, Fairfield, Morgan, and Meigs County are in the books. Franklin was not vouchered due to uncooperative frogs and a tick scare. I hate ticks! By the way, does anyone know a good way to repel those damn things?
- April 11th, 2016, 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Ohio's record gaps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4174
Re: Ohio's record gaps
This coming Friday or Saturday, I will be making a go at finishing off the southeastern counties one and for all along with Franklin. I'll also probably be hitting Lorain and Tuscarawas County on the way back in two weeks. Any help on naherp records from the Ohio natives would be awesome anywhere el...
- March 19th, 2016, 7:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Virginia's Spring Vicissitudes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1326
Virginia's Spring Vicissitudes
As a native Michigander, the start of my herping season usually coincides with a thunderstorm, seventy-degree early spring warm-ups, and a nighttime rain falling on a fifty degree night. Historically, such soaking nights yield most of my Ambystoma and huge numbers of frogs and toads. This year, howe...
- February 25th, 2016, 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Palmetto State Madness
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2109
Re: Palmetto State Madness
Yes, you did comment on the anole, and thank you for the ID advice! I'm more of a salamander person and spend a ton of time in Appalachia, so this was my first trip into the Deep South, where I don't really know all the lizards. Happy herping to you!
- February 24th, 2016, 9:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Palmetto State Madness
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2109
Palmetto State Madness
Among herpetologists, South Carolina is not known for rice plantations, Charles Pinckney, secessionists, and Andrew Jackson's native Waxhaw region, but rather for its diverse array of Deep Southern salamanders, frogs, and turtles, along with the world-famous American Alligator. In pursuit of all of ...
- January 9th, 2016, 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Ohio's record gaps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4174
Re: Ohio's record gaps
Update: Muskingum, Coshocton, and Athens county finished.
- December 28th, 2015, 8:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Ohio's record gaps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4174
Ohio's record gaps
This post is directed toward Mr. Hubbs specifically: I saw you post on the naherp election comment board that you need to get to Ohio as it only has 441 records. You may be familiar with my push to voucher all of Michigan (done), and I am now on to hitting some of Ohio every time I pass through on t...
- December 23rd, 2015, 1:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping in Michigan after Christmas?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2688
Herping in Michigan after Christmas?
Hey everyone! It has been some time since I have posted on the good old Midwestern forum owing to my relocation for college to Virginia, but I am now back for the holidays, and, much to my surprise, the daytime highs are still in the 50s and will be through the 26th. Does anyone else think that on t...
- December 3rd, 2015, 6:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2763
Re: Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
That was Tennessee. Thanks for the kind words!
- December 2nd, 2015, 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2763
Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
As some of you know, I am now situated in the Western part of Virginia, where I am attending college. Thus, with eleven new species on the year and only three more required to break my all-time record for most sally lifers in a year, I decided to go down to south Middle Tennessee to meet up with a f...