Your favorite find of the month - May 2014

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Your favorite find of the month - May 2014

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To keep things a little more interesting here I'm going to start a monthly thread so everyone can share their favorite monthly find/photo here. Include a story if you like as to why that is your favorite find/photo. Things have finally warmed up and May has been kind to may of us as herpers, and really kind to the amphibians for all that rain!

I have a few spots that tend to pay off every year for hoggies, this one was a new one for me to find and also very beautiful. Easily one of my favorite finds in May.

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So what was your favorite herp find of May and why was it your favorite?
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My favorite...and pretty much only find...was a Broad Head Skink (that's actually what brought me here!) Sorry, no pics though.

My Wife and I were at a local park Memorial Day weekend. On our way out She had to stop for a bio-break so I waited outside with the dogs.
I hear a slight rustling of leaves behind me and turn around to see this fat little "lizard-looking" thing, lime green with an orange-ish head.
He/She was just taking it's time roaming around and didn't seem too bothered by me just a few feet away. By the time my Wife came back out the little critter was
still roaming around.

We've seen quite a few blue-tailed and (I believe) common five-lined skinks around the house, but never one like that orange-headed beauty!

A Google image search brought me here, now yer' stuck with me...

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I didn't find any Blanding's last year so this was definitely my fav find of May (it is 1:43 into this vid):
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Welcome to the forum gdvan01! I love finding lizards, and have only seen a few broadheads this year, that are always a treat to see!

Nice video chrisr! I would love to see a blandings someday!
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chrisr- That was a really good video. I can't believe you managed to observe so many snakes displaying mating behavior in one day. Really awesome filming, too. Very peaceful throughout the whole video.
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Nice pic and video!
Incuhead2000- that has got to be the coolest snake I've ever seen!

My favorite find in May was a fence lizard we found while taking a hike in the pine barrens with my kids. My 12 year old son spotted it and I caught it. All four of my kids gathered around checking it out all excited. We saw a few other frogs but they just kept talking about that lizard.
Anything that gets my kids excited about nature and the outdoors is good with me!

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Fence lizard by Damian Fallon, on Flickr
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Glad you like the video. Yea Jake, I like the peaceful aspect that using a tripod can produce.

Here is another peaceful vid from the same location from May of last year:
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Chris, I love your videos! So rare for people to take the time to observe the world and share it like that.
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Thanks Pete. I am pretty much addicted to doing it :) Subscribe to my youtube channel if you are really into it. Lots of stuff there,

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I just can't resist posting the hatchling musk turtle again.

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