I am severely limited in my herping these days... I coach soccer and have a kidney stone problem.
So when my wife and I went away by ourselves, I wasn't disappointed that the weather wasn't the greatest.
I did however manage to flip this little garter.
and this nice little redbellied snake.
That was the extent of my flipping... I pee blood when I do too much... ( tmi?)
I was able to check a timber birthing area where a female had been hanging.
Missed the birth by a couple of weeks, but the kids left these behind.
Counted 8 sheds total. This female is the same one that we believe had at least 12 last year so I was surprised that
she was gravid again. We will see what happens with her next year.
While riding a dirt road on the side of a mountain I whizzed past a turtle I thought was a box turtle. Would have been a
slight range extension. But, it turned out to be this lowly male wood turtle... far from any discernible water source 58 degrees with a cold light rain falling.
Two road cruised wood turtles in a year is a record for me...
