Year Review 2015 - PA, NJ, MD, MO, IL, FL, GA, DE

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Tyler Hake
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Year Review 2015 - PA, NJ, MD, MO, IL, FL, GA, DE

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My first big boy post :) Excuse any extra small/extra large pics. They're all copied from facebook so a lot of them are screwy.

2015 was an incredible year and will sure be hard to beat. Great places, friends, and awesome herps. I won't go into too much detail but if you have any questions just ask.

But before that I took a road trip down to South Florida in February with a few good friends. It proved to be fairly produtive with lots of lifers for everyone. Unfortunately no corals or brooksi (for me anyway).

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Shortly after, spring sprung and the amphibians were out an about up here in the northeast. (pictures from throughout the year)
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Snakes of The Northeast. And a map turtle. Because Graptemys
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In June we all packed ourselves in Dane's Honda like sardines and set out for the midwest. It was one of the best trips of my life. It included the most snake filled day of my life. 133 garters, 1 red belly, 1 smooth green, 1 western fox, two bulls, two eastern milks, brown snakes, etc. Here are a few highlights.
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In December the northeast was graced by warm days in the 60s/70s and many rainy nights. One of those warm days I headed out the pine barrens and scored my last snake of the year, a Northern Pine Snake on December 13th.

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Oh yeah and those rainy nights. Many of them were spent road cruising on the Delmarva peninsula for tiger salamanders, only for the rain to quit on us and it be dry as a bone. Until Christmas night...!

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Hope everyone has a great 2016 field season and a happy new year.

Tyler
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axeman2729
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Re: Year Review 2015 - PA, NJ, MD, MO, IL, FL, GA, DE

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Beautiful pictures extremely jealous
Russ Jerome
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Re: Year Review 2015 - PA, NJ, MD, MO, IL, FL, GA, DE

Post by Russ Jerome »

Great pictures, the Timber and Copperhead curled up are among my favorites!
Great to see sitting here in Wisconsin in late Dec.
Tyler Hake
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Thank ya both!
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