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Hatchling indigo snake next to a U.S. 25 cent coin for size reference

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Hatchling Indigo Snakes and Camera Trap Surveys

ByBen Stegenga
March 25, 2024

Our indigo snake season is winding down, but it was a pretty good winter for snake surveys, and we collected a lot of important data. Now the research crew is beginning to transition into some new spring projects, but they’ve still got a lot of indigo camera trap photos to go through. In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben recaps a particularly memorable day from this winter and highlights more sandhill biodiversity with another batch of camera trap photos.

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Indigo Snake Surveys with Camera Traps & Soil Samples

ByBen Stegenga
February 16, 2024

We’re in the second half of the indigo snake survey season, and our field crew has been extra busy with the additional eDNA and camera trap surveys. In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben takes us out on a survey and demonstrates how…

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Surveying for Snakes With Drift Fences

ByBen Stegenga
August 14, 2023

Ben has been working on a snake inventory project in southwest Georgia for the last 2 years, and one of his main survey methods has been running drift fences with funnel traps. In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben checks some of those traps and highlights a colorful yet secretive snake species with a very specialized diet.