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LATEST ARTICLES ( 11 )

• How a Rattlesnake Eats: A Time Lapse

  The snake begins the feeding process by locating the head of the prey to be ingested. This makes swallowing an animal with projecting limbs much easier since... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Spring 2013

  

  Spring is here. The budding of various species of deciduous trees is beautifully shaded in various hues of greens; the Blue Ridge wilderness is awakening. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Timber Rattlesnakes: Fixed Videography 5-22-12

  In the spring months, the mornings start off cool and windy, and the rocky grey landscape is lonely and silent with the exception of windblown vegetation... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Fixed Videography From Spring 2012

  These timber rattlesnakes are dull, have a patina of dirt from being underground all winter, and one, as you will see, is deep in the blue of ecdysis, all... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Spring 2012: A Brief Encounter With a Black Bear

  Studies in Zoology: A Book Devoted to Animals and Animal Life at the C I was seated on cold stone, obscured by dwarfed pine, bunch grasses, and a fragrant tangl... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Coyotes Laughing in the Night

  

  June 2012. The light faded, and the smooth transition of diurnal voices to nocturnal conversations reverberated. The cool breeze carried the fresh scent of... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• In Reverence of Rattlesnakes

  Surveying rattlesnakes on a den is an entirely different affair than searching for them in the tin fields of the low country; something I learned gradually... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Life Anew: A Horridus Birthing in the Wild

  It was around 0900 and I was at work. A feeling came over me that I could not shake; I knew that day I had to be in the mountains, no place specific, just any... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• December Indigos: A Survey With Orianne Society

  I recently sojourned to the sandy palmetto lands of South Georgia’s low country in search of giant snakes—one, a robust viper that often tops five feet... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Escape: When Going Unseen Fails

  This is an amalgamation of observations made from the 2012 season: The behavior seen in this video is representative of 90% of my experience approaching timber... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK

• A Cautious Egress

  Observation made August 26th, 2012. The first neonate to emerge from the shelter stone took a full four minutes to come out into the sun, and then another 10... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, OUTDOORS, TREK