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Hauler

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This tree is the social distancing champ of the forest.

 

Hauler

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Honey Locust trees are the assholes of the forest.
I have 3 of these things to cut down. Not looking forward to it.

 
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Oh they will.

Just pulling that thorn off for the picture caused some blood. They are sharp as fuck. And strong. They can puncture a tire.
Omg I'm dying please post pics of your bloody hand lolololol
 

Hauler

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Omg I'm dying please post pics of your bloody hand lolololol
Didn't take a pic. It wasn't that bad a puncture. Probably would have landed you in the ER though.

The good news is Locust wood has a cool grain pattern and is strong as fuck so I'm going to process them and turn them into furniture.
 
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Hauler @Hauler Grateful Dude @Grateful Dude or anyone else what are your thoughts on these tracks?

I'm thinking bobcat in the first pic and wild boar in to the left of the feline tracks in the second pic, though the tracks could also be white-tailed deer.





 

Grateful Dude

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Hauler @Hauler Grateful Dude @Grateful Dude or anyone else what are your thoughts on these tracks?

I'm thinking bobcat in the first pic and wild boar in to the left of the feline tracks in the second pic, though the tracks could also be white-tailed deer.





I agree with Hauler @Hauler....hard to tell what most of those are. But the one does look like a deer print. Would be cool if it was a bobcat though!

out of all the years I’ve spent out on wild ranchland here, I’ve only ever seen a bobcat twice. Sneaky lil buggers, but they are very cool.
 

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saw the greenie that hangs around my yard again yesterday. He was sunning on my makeshift sawhorses in the backyard, and then jumped onto the house as I tried to photo him. Skiddish little guy, wish he’d sit still for photos better :)






 
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saw the greenie that hangs around my yard again yesterday. He was sunning on my makeshift sawhorses in the backyard, and then jumped onto the house as I tried to photo him. Skiddish little guy, wish he’d sit still for photos better :)






Awesome. Looks like his original tail and not a regrown one, so he seems to be doing very well.

If you ever want pics of an extended dewlap, try bobbing your head up and down from a distance (too close and your size would intimidate him). He will see it as a challenge he and start bobbing his head back and extending his dewlap.

I didn't think it would work but then I was able to do it successfully a couple weeks ago.
 

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the wife and I were clearing out or garden beds of old vegetation so we can plant some new stuff, and it turned into a good backyard hunting day! Found 4 more greenies, and 3 4-lined skinks. My son was pumped :)Here’s a few pics

One that was shedding



One I couldn’t catch



Another one I caught



4-lined skink



Another one I was actually able to catch



And a big ass butterfly



And a gecko

 
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the wife and I were clearing out or garden beds of old vegetation so we can plant some new stuff, and it turned into a good backyard hunting day! Found 4 more greenies, and 3 4-lined skinks. My son was pumped :)Here’s a few pics

One that was shedding



One I couldn’t catch



Another one I caught



4-lined skink



Another one I was actually able to catch



And a big ass butterfly



And a gecko

Great photos!

Is that plestiodon tetragrammus? I'm surprised you were able to catch it honestly. Its cousin plestiodon inexpectatus (southeastern five-lined skink) is super fast and skittish as fuck. Hauls ass way before the anoles even move.

I got a close up of one before but it was entirely related to the time of day (it was early in the morning and there wasn't enough sunlight to give it the heat it requires to move)

 
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yes, that’s what species I think it is.

I collect endangered species for a living - tiny spiders and beetles, and spring salamanders. I have some skillz ;)
I use a panfish pole with a dental floss noose tied to the end of it lol. I have no skills and get very nervous but almost caught a southern black racer (coluber constrictor priapus) the other day. It's amazing how neither lizard nor snake sees the noose as a threat

Here's a small female green anole I managed to catch by hand (it was very slow)



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the wife and I were clearing out or garden beds of old vegetation so we can plant some new stuff, and it turned into a good backyard hunting day! Found 4 more greenies, and 3 4-lined skinks. My son was pumped :)Here’s a few pics

One that was shedding



One I couldn’t catch



Another one I caught



4-lined skink



Another one I was actually able to catch



And a big ass butterfly



And a gecko

very cool
 

Grateful Dude

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I use a panfish pole with a dental floss noose tied to the end of it lol. I have no skills and get very nervous but almost caught a southern black racer (coluber constrictor priapus) the other day. It's amazing how neither lizard nor snake sees the noose as a threat

Here's a small female green anole I managed to catch by hand (it was very slow)



SHOUT OUT TO THE MIAMI DOLPHINS
for the past 16 years I’ve worked with a bunch of hardcore biology nerds. Two guys I work with now can catch just about any frog, road, turtle, lizard, salamander, etc. I’ve picked up a few good tricks/skills along the way ;)

I’m a geologist by education and most of my work training, but my line of work overlaps with several different endangered species (a number of invertebrates and spring salamanders). My geology work is related to our local aquifer, and coincidentally there are a bunch of endangered species that occupy the caves and springs of the aquifer. So I’ve been lucky to sort of become a biologist throughout my career as well. We study some cool little critters. Some of the cave adapted invertebrates are pretty wild, and the spring salamanders are also really cool.