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Kyle Barker
03-19-03, 06:10 AM
I just got back after about 7 hours of freezing cold frog "hunting". It was such a pain because you can hear thousands, and some are right beside you but as soon as you move they stop calling. Anyway i managed to see *1* frog, which was a Pacific Tree frog. Kinda of a pain staying out till 4 am and not catching a thing :(. However a caouple nights ago i did the same thing witha buddy and came up with 14 salamanders :). Anyway just thought id share some pics.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/464redback8-med.jpg
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/464redback3-med.jpg
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/464centipede1-med.jpg
One nasty bug. Some type of Centipede (gravid?)
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/464verywet-med.jpg
Me getting all wet and cold thinking i managed to get a picture of a frog. I dont think there is one in the pic, but let me know if you see one.



kyle

ballpython5000
03-19-03, 06:21 AM
and thats what you do for fun? lol

Kyle Barker
03-19-03, 06:23 AM
lol, dont get much sleep when summer comes around :)

eyespy
03-19-03, 08:32 AM
Sweet sallies, anyhow. Hope you're warm and dry today.

Kyle Barker
03-19-03, 03:40 PM
Thanks, am for now but its raining pretty hard so i wont be in a few hours ;) .

Herp guy
03-19-03, 03:48 PM
Kyle, in my town i can come up with 100+ salamanders in an hour or less.Same kind of salamander too.I havent caught any frogs though..........

Kyle Barker
03-20-03, 12:47 AM
Holy crap. The most i have ever caught in one night was 36, and that took 6 1/2 hours! Where abouts is that? Any other herps worth looking for? I just got back from another shorter one (3 h) and came up with 1 red legged from, and 3 pacific tree frogs, and of course i didnt have the camara :( . I found it interesting becaue i was in a large clearcut, and there was sooo much life. I was really surprised that there would be so much in so little.

kyle

Wu-Gwei
03-20-03, 06:04 PM
Hey, what kind of salamander is that? A western species, eh.

Cheers,
JJ [;)]

J_Riley
03-21-03, 07:31 AM
You're not alone Kyle, I'm an amphibian hunting freak too...I wear hip waders so I don't get wet and cold though. I stayed out for about an hour and caught 2 whole upland chorus frogs and got no clear pics of them...

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1419dscn1023-med.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1419dscn1030-med.jpg

Kyle Barker
03-23-03, 06:31 AM
i just got back with a friend and we caught 21 pacific tree frogs. In the last 3 nights in a rows we have caught a total of around 55, and 2 red legged. We even snuck up on a calling salamander. if you want some pics let me know and ill email to ya, i have literally hundreds. I have also posted a new thread with some pics of the new finds.

kyle