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

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.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0899.jpg
Group shot

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0909.jpg
Do you believe I found this snake this way when it was 45* outside? :D

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/KEB_6877.jpg
Yours truly

Later, Matt

Very cool Matt.

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

Later, Matt

Nice Matt, you know you should post pictures of what you find when field herping since we all know this forum is photo-crazy:rolleyes:. 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.

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

Some from 2008, in no particular order:


http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...jpg_edit-3.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...jpg_edit-1.jpg
Hyla cinerea

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...jpg_edit-1.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...DSC_8415-2.jpg
Bufo valliceps

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0819.jpg
Acris crepitans

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/IMG_1744.jpg
Rana spp.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_8428.jpg
Rana catasbeiana

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0833.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0836.jpg
Rana clamitans

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_0432.jpg
Ambystoma texanum

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0850.jpg
Necturus beyeri (county record)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_5516.jpg
Alligator mississipiensis (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_5503.jpg
Terrapene carolina (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2..._94/sagrei.jpg
Anolis sagrei

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...DSC_4801-1.jpg
Sincella lateralis

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_6065.jpg
Anguis fragilis (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...DSC_8928-2.jpg
Storeria dekayi

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_5063.jpg
Nerodia clarkii (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/IMG_1097.jpg
Nerodia cyclopion (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_5530.jpg
Nerodia fasciata (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/IMG_1515.jpg
Regina rigida (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_8941.jpg
Heterodon platyrhinos

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...KingSnake4.jpg
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/IMG_1139.jpg
Lampropeltis calligaster (not my photo)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_0414.jpg
Masticophis f. taeniatus

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...C_4673-2-1.jpg
Thamnophis proximus

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...DSC_4707-1.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4816jpg2-2.jpg
Agkistrodon piscivorus

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_8977.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...jpg_edit-1.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0759.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSD_0757.jpg
Agkistrodon contortrix

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...06jpg_edit.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...51jpg_edit.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...5915-2-2-1.jpg
Vipera berus



Later, Matt

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:gj:

Awesome man