More North Carolina Critters

Tick garden video

http://vimeo.com/38221175

Installing Isis' 'tick gardens' in Tennessee

TTRS: Vulture? Why not?

While we did not catch many small mammals (only our trap-happy woodrat), we caught two very interesting critters today! A corn snake and a turkey vulture!!!

Cody got the corn snake from a metal coverboard, and the vulture was in a tomahawk trap. Both animals were from our tickiest grid here at TTRS, but we did not find ticks on either one!

Thanks to Rich Keith, Michelle Rosen, and Steve Schmitt for their advice on how safely to approach extracting and handling this bird!

Just had to include a neat invert photo, too! Are these termites? Lots of them out today!

March 1 - Photo of the day

There were two beautiful luna moths on this cherry laurel tree. We saw them while dragging at our Woodyard Far site this morning.

February in Florida

This is my (JT) third week here and my second trapping session with Cody, who's been patiently showing me the ropes and doing most of the work while I dawdle, taking in my new surroundings. Here are a few glimpses!

Mattamuskeet NWR - early February

January in New Jersey

January in Tennessee