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  1. dragoncjo

    Cougar sited, now what?

    I've heard people say this before. While the pine barrens are remote, for new jersey, and undisturbed for new jersey. In the big picture it is about the size of a thimble. Male cougars have a home range of over 100 square miles. They require undisturbed wilderness, such as the west. There...
  2. dragoncjo

    A good first hour in the pines

    I thought it was an old male in its breeding orange. It had no black dorsolateral stripe of a ground skink.
  3. dragoncjo

    Cougar sited, now what?

    May I ask how you def know there are cougars in new jersey. If there are cougars I find it hard to believe. South jersey is soooo tiny and cougars need large areas to hunt. If they are in south jersey they would probably also be in most of the northeast since there are tracks of woods much...
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    A good first hour in the pines

    Went out hiking today got out around 10:30 in cumberland county. The first hour I was out there turned out to be my best ever. First stumbled upon this smallish racer, he was the first of six I would see and the 18th in three trips. Next I saw these two female boxies they were very heavy...
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    Cougar sited, now what?

    Probably someones escape pet, I would be absolutely shocked if they're were cougars in new jersey. I hope they don't kill it.
  6. dragoncjo

    Imperial moth

    I've been meaning to put a post up asking you guys who have been exploring the pines if you see more wildlife now or back when you guys first started. You always hear alot how animals are getting wipe out, but from what I have been able to see things seem to be recovering more then declining.
  7. dragoncjo

    Snake ID

    It is a water snake to my knowledge, but I'm not a snake expert by any means, on fieldherpers someone else was thrown off by the oragnge belly thing. Nice looking snake though, looks fat. http://www.fieldherpers.com//view.php?site=fieldherpers&bn=fieldherpers_fieldherping&key=1147828499
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    The amazing diving duck bird

    I'm not sure where dover forge is but here is the red throated loon I saw. This was a week ago and he was on a huge blue hole pond about 15 minutes from the bay. I know they are reported along the coast on large lakes, even up until the last couple weeks.
  9. dragoncjo

    The amazing diving duck bird

    why we are on the subject of birds. Today I was out and saw a summer tanager are these a common occurence around the pines? I took a double take at because it looked like a tropical bird. Unfortunately I had just gotten out of my jeep and couldn't get to my camera in time.
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    The amazing diving duck bird

    Was it a common or red-throated? Did it still have its winter plummage gray on white?
  11. dragoncjo

    The amazing diving duck bird

    The behavior to me sounds like a loon. I saw a red throated loon last week and he would dive under and reappear like 100 ft away maybe more. The coloring sounds odd though. Google common loons or red throated loons one of those may be the duck.
  12. dragoncjo

    Bobcat tracks

    The tracks I have seen are in the same exact location. Like I said I ignored them, thinking bobcat's had five toes. The location is a sandy hill that leads down to a sandy beach of one of those blue holes. All the other spots that lead down to the blue hole are steep and this one is fairly...
  13. dragoncjo

    Bobcat tracks

    Was down in cumberland county yesterday and thought I came across bobcat tracks. They were in a sandy area next to a pond. I didn't take pictures because they were made in such thick sand were the print didn't stick too well, and I could only find two prints. They were clawless tracks, 4 toes...
  14. dragoncjo

    Scarlet or Eastern? Or both?

    12-15 that is pretty impressive, you have any pics?
  15. dragoncjo

    A Good day in the Pines

    Yeah those spotted turtles love that tire, especially that female in particular. The camera is a canon eos rebel xt and I'm still getting use to all its bells and whistles as you can see.
  16. dragoncjo

    A Good day in the Pines

    Went out hiking today and looking for wildlife. Saw 5 black racers, 6 spotted turtles, 2 fowler's toads, tmtc musks, redbellies, and paints, and 1 male box turtle. A pretty good day for me, here are some pics,
  17. dragoncjo

    Another Snake

    Never realized how small those snakes where, nice pics. I was out playing golf yesterday and saw more wildlife then I have seen in a couple weeks hiking. Saw two little blue herons, green heron, red-headed woodpecker, baltimore orioles, a red tail eating a squirel, a pair of boxies mating, and...
  18. dragoncjo

    manamuskin trip

    Rat snake is a nice find, I've never seen one of those out there. I would say that manumuskin has the largest population of fence swifts I've seen. I literally see a dozen to two dozen ever time out. Did you get to the sand wash blue ponds or sand mine ruins?
  19. dragoncjo

    Stones, Snake, Chiggers, Ticks, and.....more

    Nice report, seems like that lint remover is great for getting rid of ticks, I'll have to keep that in mind. I'm envious of your pine snake find, I've yet to encounter one yet this spring. I've also yet to encounter any chiggers or deer ticks. I've mostly been hiking in cumberland county I...
  20. dragoncjo

    manamuskin trip

    I think not trying to find them is the key. Last october I went out on a cool day, on a hike not expecting to see any reptiles. I ended up finding a very young pine snake in sugar sand like you describe he was incredibly camoflauged. I literally was staring at him for five minutes till I...
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