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I was out early this morning. I was working a field out in Moriches Long Island. It was very cool so I wasnt expecting any herps to be out. I'm not sure about upstate NY, but when it comes to finding Eastern Milks out on the Island, this is a sure sign of them. This is what they are feeding on out here. I disturbed this poor mom when I flipped an old door. Cool pics I thought though. Thanks for looking. Mike Panichi

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honesty is my only policy

heres the last pics of the series. I think its a common field mouse by the way. Thanks again. Mike Panichi

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honesty is my only policy

LOL!!!,.....man!,....that's great stuff Mike!, those are some really nice shots too!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

should keep some snakes fat anyways lol!

guess I was wrong about her being pregnant....

......Peromyscus babies just HANG on to the teats...mom can run all over the place and them dang kids just don't let go...

that would suck for her.....and this one has alot of kids....

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Peromyscus babies just HANG on to the teats...mom can run all over the place and them dang kids just don't let go...
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>>that would suck for her.....and this one has alot of kids....

I know a good plastic surgeon...

Peromyscus..........they are cool......and she looks pregnant there.......

........Thanxx.....I have so many colors of them that I sometimes forget what the wild color is......LOL

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hey mike,
im in upstate and all ive seen so far are a few salamanders but no herps or mice,moles,voles. its still not stable up here yet, as far as weather goes. i usually have my best luck in may.
adam jeffery
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" a.k.a. farfrumugen "
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

Hey man. Y
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Hey man. Yeah its real cool down here as well. The milk weed arent even up yet and are still sprouting. How far up are you? Sorry about the last post, I have no idea what happened. Thanks. Mike Panichi
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honesty is my only policy

On a similar note - One of my feeder mice escaped and remained at large in the house for a month, Then one night we were able to corner it and recover the mouse.

The mouse had been loose for too long, and would never settle down or re-integrate with the colony. all the snakes were recently fed, and our monitor is still too small to eat an adult mouse.

So I took him out in the woods and set him free.

Who knows, someday I may find calico mix field mice in my yard

"Like a true natures child, he was born to be wild"

It rained like the dickens last night, I couldn't help but wonder how he liked his first storm?

We do have a lot of milk snakes around, so he's on his own there.

Regards,
Wayne A. Harvey
our critters

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1.2.9 Storeria dekayi Casper, Xena, Athena, & Kids
0.0.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Checkered Garter Snakes
0.0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis - common Garter - Princess
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua"
0.1.10 Storeria occipitomaculata - Red Belly snakes
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Juvinile CB
0.1.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" CB
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal" WC
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
1.2.0. Feline"Felix" "Kaja" & "Silver"
0.1.0. calico RAT
2.4.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land.

one of my best field memories is of catching a big eastern milk in upstate NY (chittenango NY, a little east of syracuse) when I was growing up.

some friends and I were standing next to a patch of weeds about 15'x30' talking and goofing when I heard a squeak. It kept going and going, so we started looking through the patch. After it got quiet we found a 3 1/2' footer just finishing a mouse. we never would've even known it was there if that mouse wasn't squeaking.

daveb