'07 Field trips

[Sid]

Originally Posted by brandon0133

so ure listing snakes u found in the wild and brought home? or store bought?

Everything on the list was found in the wild here in South Carolina. Only 3 Garters were kept. Quite a few were handled for photographing and then released. A very few were kept short term to use at a presentation for grammer school students. Those were then taken back where they came from and released.

[Lori P]

I loooooove that southern ring neck. That bright yellow!!! Gorgeous. Did you turn him loose or keep him?

[Sid]

Originally Posted by Lori P

I loooooove that southern ring neck. That bright yellow!!! Gorgeous. Did you turn him loose or keep him?

Only kept short term. I was tempted to keep a couple. They were released to have the room to expand the garter collection.

Here's another neat small snake, Redbelly. They are hard to keep, only photographed, then turned loose.

[Bay_area]

some of the "other" forums would flame you for holding the copperhead No big deal to me as long as you know what you are doing...kids don't try that @ home

[drache]

Sid
wonderful finds
I love seeing those pics
thanks

[Stefan-A]

Originally Posted by Bay_area

some of the "other" forums would flame you for holding the copperhead No big deal to me as long as you know what you are doing...kids don't try that @ home

I had that same thought.

But I never believed in warning kids not to try things at home. How else are they supposed to learn not to do things that can hurt them?

[drache]

Originally Posted by Stefan-A

But I never believed in warning kids not to try things at home. How else are they supposed to learn not to do things that can hurt them?

I agree
I'd rather have kids try things at home than some other places I could think of.

[LushLulu85]

sid that ring neck was beautiful. i would love to get one but i believe they are very hard to take care of so i think i will give it a miss and just talk the fella into letting me get more garters lol

[enigma200316]

My trips didn't produce much, but I found:

2-Eastern Garter (T. s. sirtalis)
1-Toad (Bufo a. americanus)
1-Northern Ringneck(Diadophis punctatus edwarsii)

[anji1971]

Sid, those are all awesome snakes!! Those little baby brown snakes are absolutely adorable!!! What a great year you had out there!

Just for the record..............
My field list this year = nothing!!!!