Today Bones and I headed down to visit the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Louisiana to do some birding and a little herping. Weather was cooler with temps in mid 60s and windy. Not too many herps out but we did find a few living things. On the drive back, we saw absolute carnage on the road. Several turtles and snakes were DOR, likely from the warm weather over the past couple of days.
Overall finds:
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki (Speckled Kingsnake) 1 subadult and 1 DOR
Nerodia clarkii clarkii (Gulf Saltmarsh Snake) 1 DOR
Nerodia fasciata confluens (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 10+ DOR
Nerodia cyclopion (Mississippi Green Watersnake) 15+ DOR
Nerodia sp. (Unknown Watersnake) 10+ DOR
Thamnophis proximus orarius (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 1 DOR
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (Eastern Gartersnake) 1 DOR
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink) 5+ adults
Kinosternon subrubrun hippocrepis (Mississippi Mud Turtle) 10+ DOR
Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-Eared Slider) 4 adults basking and 10+ DOR
Bufo nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad) 2 adults
Rana catesbeiana (American Bullfrog) 3 adults DOR
Bufo nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad)
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki (Speckled Kingsnake)
Birds:
