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Herping? A few questions
Ok, I'm planning a little day long herping trip around the Missouri rive in hopes of finding a few species in particular. Would it be best to search on the Bluffs or down by the river? Would it be good to look around trash dumps by lakes and ponds if I can find any?
Any imput on where to look for any of the species is appreciated.
Here is the list of Nebraskas snakes and I am in FAR eastern Nebraska, Less than 2 miles from the river.
http://snrs.unl.edu/herpneb/snake/basicsnakekey.html
~Jake~
Too many boas to list and a few balls as well
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Re: Herping? A few questions
I found an awesome place that I think I may find a few species while I was out walking. Its about 30-40' down a hill and there was what looked like a dry creek bed that was a little moist. I walked awhile and it turned into swampland. As I got further I found masses of trash. Couches, old freezers, corrugated tin, ect. In the water were tons of tadpoles but I saw no actual frogs out there. It was a hard walk through the dense trees and marshland but I think in a month or 2 this place will be crawling with herps. If it was about 100-200 miles south, I could see it crawling with copperheads.
~Jake~
Too many boas to list and a few balls as well
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Re: Herping? A few questions
I would say where to look would depend on what you want to find. Bluffs are good for snakes, but the river is a great place for turtles and some snakes, but toads and frogs as well. That junk pile/area sounds like a great place if it is dryer under the junk, too wet the snakes won't like it.
~mike
“The richest value of wilderness lie not in the days of Daniel Boone, nor even in the present but rather in the future.” - Aldo Leopold
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Re: Herping? A few questions
I'll have my new camera within the week so I can get pics of the area. It is awesome. What kinds of snakes would I expect to find on the Bluffs? There are HUGE bluffs around here.
~Jake~
Too many boas to list and a few balls as well
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Re: Herping? A few questions
Um, HELLO?!?!!? Search it ALL and then report back! This sounds like an excellent area to profile for a variety of species.
And I'm expecting LOTS of pics!
Happy hunting!
K~
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Re: Herping? A few questions
Originally Posted by KLG
Um, HELLO?!?!!? Search it ALL and then report back! This sounds like an excellent area to profile for a variety of species.
And I'm expecting LOTS of pics!
Happy hunting!
K~
lol Thanks. Wednesday is supposed to be 87 so it should be a good day to go look around again. I may actually catch a few tadpoles if I can to see what kind of frogs there are.
~Jake~
Too many boas to list and a few balls as well
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Re: Herping? A few questions
I think you should take pics every time you go out & start a photo-journal thread here that details what you find. Field herping is so much fun, and I don't think we all realize how much the opportunity shrinks every day, in terms of habitat loss, etc.
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Re: Herping? A few questions
I agree. When I get the new camera, you better believe you will be seeing tons of pics. The reeds were taller than me in some areas. Maybe I should spread the trash out. More areas for snakes to hide. I already spread some of the corrugated tin out hoping that one of these days I will flip them and find some herps.
~Jake~
Too many boas to list and a few balls as well
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Re: Herping? A few questions
Go at different times of day, too. Document what you find, when, where, etc. If you can get a GPS of some sort & mark waypoints where you find different species, you may be able to offer the info to your local Fish & Game dept. for their records/protection programs, as well. Think big picture!!
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Re: Herping? A few questions
I already have reported a few finds to the Nebraska Herp Society of Black Rat snakes and Ring necks in areas otherwise in question. This may be good training for my future goal which is as follows.
Pick a species of snake that is very much under studied and research. Get weights, population counts, ect and shed some light on that species. I was actually thinking afrocks or some sort of island boa local of some sort.
Also, I think I found the perfect place to look for hognose around here. Its about 100 yards+/- from a lake and the soil is SANDY as can be.
~Jake~
Too many boas to list and a few balls as well
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