"Jan 2 '10 (more 2009 stuff added)"

[DutchHerp]

Hi,

This forum is SLOW on BP.net, and perhaps we can change that this year. I got a lot more field herping done last year, and I'm planning on even more this year. I hope other people will be posting stuff too.

Today I went along on a bird count at Sheldon Lake near Houston. We beat the record of this particular count, with a few species short of a hundred. My dad ended up finding the coolest bird, a Ladder-backed Woodpecker.

Of course, the field herper in me couldn't resist flipping some of the stuff we came across. One tarp ended up having a Texas Rat Snake (Panterophis obsoletus lindheimeri), an adult and juvenile Eastern Coachwhip (Masticophis f. flagellum), and many more coachwhip eggs.

Pretty cool for early january.


Group shot


Do you believe I found this snake this way when it was 45* outside?


Yours truly

Later, Matt

[iCandiBallPythons]

Very cool Matt.

[DutchHerp]

Oh yeah, a few Scincella lateralis and one Agkistrodon piscivorus were also seen but not photographed.

Later, Matt

[CoolioTiffany]

Nice Matt, you know you should post pictures of what you find when field herping since we all know this forum is photo-crazy. You do take really nice pictures of snakes and reptiles (also amphibians!) so that would be pretty cool if you posted up pics of what you find when you field herp just so people can get an idea of how exciting it is to find these species of reptiles.

[DutchHerp]

I'll add some photos of a some of the finds in 2008 later tonight, but I'm going to have to get a thread title change then.

Later, Matt

[DutchHerp]

Some from 2008, in no particular order:





Hyla cinerea




Bufo valliceps


Acris crepitans


Rana spp.


Rana catasbeiana




Rana clamitans


Ambystoma texanum


Necturus beyeri (county record)


Alligator mississipiensis (not my photo)


Terrapene carolina (not my photo)


Anolis sagrei


Sincella lateralis


Anguis fragilis (not my photo)


Storeria dekayi


Nerodia clarkii (not my photo)


Nerodia cyclopion (not my photo)


Nerodia fasciata (not my photo)


Regina rigida (not my photo)


Heterodon platyrhinos


Lampropeltis getula holbrooki (not my photo)


Lampropeltis calligaster (not my photo)


Masticophis f. taeniatus


Thamnophis proximus




Agkistrodon piscivorus








Agkistrodon contortrix






Vipera berus



Later, Matt

[CoolioTiffany]

Matt, I'm lovin' those Copperhead photos. You take some awesome photos, I really like how you take close ups of the reptiles and amphibians. Awesome job with the photos

[Southernshooter]

Awesome man