miguel camacho!
New member
well, the new job has gotten off to a great start, im having a blast with everything i do, and to top it all off it looks like ill have a tan for once (albeit mostly a farmer's tan). the radiotelemetry with the tortoises and diamondbacks is going great, and naturally i have some photos to share. there have been far too many snakes for me to have taken pics of every last one. but ill share the good ones, though i have to admit i totally forgot to take pics of the canebrake before i released it. the best part of the job is that i have a primo cruising road within 15 minutes. at my old site, i used to have to drive 2 hours to get there. now i can go out any night i want right after dinner. so anyway, THE PICS!
first off, the tortoises are extremely shy, and so far havent been so far as a foot outside their burrows at most, at least when ive seen them. so heres a crappy pic of one of our tortoises we're tracking.
next in line, we're tracking diamondbacks. right now theyre very reclusive, the hotter part of the year keeps them either underground or in heavy cover, for the most part, and i have yet to see a non-telemetered edb while working or cruising. so heres a couple we tracked.
and now for the other herps ive run into. my first good night cruising, i caught 8 copperheads in about 10 minutes. two of those were copulating on the road. luckily for them, i was first to drive by, otherwise they were directly in the line of the next person's tires.
tons of "coastal" rats out there, an intergrade of the black rat and the yellow rat.
this wouldnt be the lowcountry without tons of anoles.
my second-ever redbelly water (both have been very small, but beautiful.
last snake i got before i left was a pretty little black-phase redbelly snake.
two scarlet kings so far. one was small and had white bands, the other was large and had orange bands.
and finally, a parting shot to give you an idea of the beautiful place near one of our tracking sites. cant give away where it is, but it's closed to the public, and trespassing would definitely get you arrested. used to be a very heavily collected area. long leaf pine with bracken fern carpeting the ground.
hope you all enjoy, i sure do!
first off, the tortoises are extremely shy, and so far havent been so far as a foot outside their burrows at most, at least when ive seen them. so heres a crappy pic of one of our tortoises we're tracking.
next in line, we're tracking diamondbacks. right now theyre very reclusive, the hotter part of the year keeps them either underground or in heavy cover, for the most part, and i have yet to see a non-telemetered edb while working or cruising. so heres a couple we tracked.
and now for the other herps ive run into. my first good night cruising, i caught 8 copperheads in about 10 minutes. two of those were copulating on the road. luckily for them, i was first to drive by, otherwise they were directly in the line of the next person's tires.
tons of "coastal" rats out there, an intergrade of the black rat and the yellow rat.
this wouldnt be the lowcountry without tons of anoles.
my second-ever redbelly water (both have been very small, but beautiful.
last snake i got before i left was a pretty little black-phase redbelly snake.
two scarlet kings so far. one was small and had white bands, the other was large and had orange bands.
and finally, a parting shot to give you an idea of the beautiful place near one of our tracking sites. cant give away where it is, but it's closed to the public, and trespassing would definitely get you arrested. used to be a very heavily collected area. long leaf pine with bracken fern carpeting the ground.
hope you all enjoy, i sure do!
Love the forest shot and the last one with the bird house... Classic :lol: :lol: