New video out!
We're back to the Midwest trip again, and the second day...while a snake did manage to make it into this vid, it's the salamanders that steal the spotlight. Two brand new, chunky lifer species in fact!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/bVIGU6wZw-w

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New video out!
Today has not gone well ($700+ in the can for a phone replacement), but this trip did; looking back to the last adventure of 2025, which started off on a Snake Road Visit that turned into the most diverse species record I've yet had there! Frogs, salamanders, more types of snakes than pretty much all previous trips combined, and even a couple spectacular lifers!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/sN4JBi7e4Jg

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New video out!
The final installment of the (mostly) Arizona trip, where the night drive out into New Mexico ended up being the saving grace snake-wise again. The video title is a little tongue-in-cheek, since many people think of snakes as being solely very warm-weather active animals...but the most spectacular ones in this video showed up when it was positively chilly out.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/1Jw7ulBdnKc

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New video is out!
Admittedly, a somewhat shorter and slower wildlife addition this time as the southeast region of Arizona remains enigmatically difficult frequently...but with some interesting lizard and diamondback highlights, and the saving of a new subspecies of snake from being ended by unaware people driving down the road.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/ZxK484p9aJQ

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New video out!
Seems that whether the rest of my trip pans out or not, if I make a stop in the Organ Pipe region something cool always manages to show up. And this time, no exception: while the targets remained elusive, the bycatch outshone everything else this trip (and everything but the vine snake on the previous Arizona run too) and outdid every other day in terms of both number and diversity!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/s2Bp0MWu-yM

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New video out!
Continuing the second Arizona trip...this time, two days through what remains one of the most difficult places for me in terms of herping. Partly because it encompasses some of the driest regions of the country, and partly because it seems like the weather just always has it out for me when I'm there (last time it was horrifically dry, this time...it was too wet at the wrong hours). But cool critters appeared nonetheless, as well as some wildflowers that don't show themselves unless the rains arrive.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/oy21K9JXqGM

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New video out!
One brutal run in Arizona was not enough, so I returned for a second time in September, hoping for redemption. And while my target species remained...painfully elusive, the bycatch ended up turning things out much better than the previous trip.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/752ZJMVQXx0

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New video is out!
A little late releasing this one (reasons why will be coming up in the next week's wildlife video), but we're wrapping up the August Arizona trip! Lizards in the sky islands and a little heartbreak on night one in the video, followed by a bit of a better bang as we left the desert state and moved into New Mexico on the way home.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/VPMYW7343UU

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