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Tim
Just recieved my March Reptiles magazine yesterday. Just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed your article. I think it's great the work and educating that you are doing with the high school kids. It made me think that maybe I should look into a way to give back to honor those that inspired me as a kid. I already do that as a master gardener, but perhaps I should as a herp and amphibian nut too. I can really relate to the the spring peeper as one of the first signs of spring, as that occurs here in Iowa as well, I always enjoy hearing them. Later we have the calling of the gray tree frog, which is really neat too, they come to my garden pond in my back yard along with the american toad. My wife complains a little because I built the pond right below our bedroom window, but it's music to my ears Kind of a "lulla bye" to fall asleep to. Of course we don't have near the salamander diversity here though, as you do in Ohio, that must have been a glorious site, the migration that you witnessed years ago.
Take care and keep up the good work, I really enjoyed the article, nice job!!!
Jeff
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1.0 pastel ball python
0.1 mojave ball python
0.1 normal ball python
0.2 3-toed box turtles
2.3 eastern box turtles
0.0.5 3-striped mud turtle
1.0 northern diamondback terrapin
2.1 tiger salamander
1.1 red-sided garter
1.0 anerythristic red-sided garter
1.1 Iowa snow plains garter
1.1 Het butter stripe cornsnake
0.1 anerythristic motley cornsnake

Thanks Jeff!

Here's my Godson and I checking out last year's migration.

Tim

Third Eye

Tim,
Thats how we are going to keep radical groups from baning herping, herp keeping, and herp breeding, by creating interest and education for youth. I am a big fan of spending time outdoors and observing, there is a lot to be learned from wildlife, and also a big fan of captive breeding, because for some species, stopping human population increase and encrochment and destruction of habitat is realistically not very feasable at this point. Many species now and especially in the future will only exist via captive breeding, sad but true. Keep up the good work and keep writing, you certainly have my respect and support.
It's interesting in one of your past posts you wrote something about wishing you had the big tigers in your back yard like I do...well I wish I had a spot like you do with spotted's, jefferson's and newts, I guess the grass is always greener somewhere else, huh?
Jeff
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1.0 pastel ball python
0.1 mojave ball python
0.1 normal ball python
0.2 3-toed box turtles
2.3 eastern box turtles
0.0.5 3-striped mud turtle
1.0 northern diamondback terrapin
2.1 tiger salamander
1.1 red-sided garter
1.0 anerythristic red-sided garter
1.1 Iowa snow plains garter
1.1 Het butter stripe cornsnake
0.1 anerythristic motley cornsnake