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I've actually never been there . . . but its really very far from where i live

Thanks guys . . . those're all excellent suggestions. Unfortunatly, my work schedule has turned me into a vampire and I slept until 4 on tuesday. With only an hour of sunlight left, I was forced into some lame local bird watching. I'm trying again thursday morning---depending on how early I...

I know i've asked this before, but is anyone here into birding? I have tuesday off, and while i know quite a few good birding places, i was wondering if anybody here had a good (and relatively less well-known) spot that i could hit in the barrens or on the coast. places to rule out...

You took (some of) the words right out of my mouth. The first thing that occurred to me was "bullsnake" . . . which means it pretty much HAS to be a pinesnake with dark background coloration. Its weird though . . . the only individual variation amongst pinesnakes I've seen has been the...

You were able to see the broken ring in that picture, brandon?

whew!! you need to act fast nowadays!

I always enjoy those little guys. Could you tell if it was a northern or southern?

That is VERY interesting . . . i've never read that before!

I'm not a huge party of this debate, which I do know rages on within the community (and has for years). My use of the term "integrade" is simply for lack of a better word. I can't completely agree with either the "lumpers" or the "splitters" philosophy completely . . . since I often feel...

I caught two of those "integrade" rats this year . . . its funny . . . they have the patterning of a yellow rat, but that unpleasant coloration. Not knowing a ton about the area, I simply assumed they were an integrade of the immediate area being so close to yellow and black rat populations...

Awesome finds, Brandon. Kick ass. Dave-- They do breed in the fall (sometimes late summer). Their breeding habits are super-cool because they actually lay eggs in the leaf litter right on the water-line of (empty) vernal pools. The eggs usually won't hatch unless the pool is totally full...

Funny you mention that---I had the same pleasure the other day. As I registered for a campsite, we were talking about all sorts of things (very nice woman), and then she glanced passed my head, looked at my car, and issued me a summons for an overdue inspection sticker. Suffice it to say, that...

I love it! Cottonmouths . . . water moccosins in NJ have always been a topic that bothered me. Probably its been the numerous boasts i've heard over the years of brave individuals who've seen cottonmouths and killed them spit spat. I even had a cop brag about how he shot six in one day...

Now i'll openly admit I have very limited first-hand experience with copperheads . . . I've in fact only found one ever--it was this spring on the central coastal plain of north carolina. Now--anyone on this site who's been through that area knows how insanely similar it is to the barrens. Its...

Lemme have a stab Over the past (what? 100 years or so?) every inch of the pine barrens has been abused. Its either burned or been cut for lumber, changed and molded for cranberry, blueberry, and other agricultural purposes. Nomatter how much like "wilderness" some parts of the pines may seem...

HA! It kills me that you just said that. I was in that SAME SPOT maybe three days before you . . . looking for hognosed (amongst other things) and after several hours of seasoning my legs with chiggers . . . I found an amazing, majestic, rare--nothing. At least somebody's having luck--nice...

Okay. This was a tough call. I see the head stripes, but I also see the square-ish head shape. When I first saw the turtle honestly it screamed mud turtle. But I looked deeper. At first I tried an easy undeniable indentifier . . . usually with turtles, the easiest morphological...

Okay . . . this kid is an idiot. That much is plain. But I can't bash on him too much--i've let snakes bite me before, too. In my defense, however . . . i've only done it to prove how harmless they are (in front of someone who's fearful of them). Also . . . python bites can really hurt...

That's a huge step in the right direction. After the whole "sanctuary" controversy got started, I figured every bit of wildlife in the area was screwed. One good thing at least . . . this being brought to light in conjunction with the bears extending their range across the state--it sort of...

Depends on where it was found. If anywhere in the pines, its a young fowlers. Even though they look exactly the same--american toads' range doesn't extend into south jersey. from monmouth county down its all fowlers and spadefoot. -Bob