Image 1 — Salamander ID Olympic peninsula Washington
Image 2 — Salamander ID Olympic peninsula Washington

Salamander ID Olympic peninsula Washington

I thought the only species were van dykes, western red backed, Olympic torrent, long toed, and northwestern. And newt, but obviously not newt. This doesn't look like any of those.

u/herpetolojay — 9 days ago

How do you organize your files?

I generally shoot nature and wildlife. Currently I have my folders organized by year and subfolders organized by location. I was going through the folders and thought it might be useful to organize them by taxa. For instance birds;species;year;location. I don't know, what are some ways you organize your wildlife photos?

TYA

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u/herpetolojay — 26 days ago
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What are some good protein powder brands?

I am a male in my late 30s; I have been drinking the store bought shakes (premier protein, pure protein, rockin protein, etc.) but want to start making my own. With so many options and so much conflicting information I don't know where to start.

So if you could suggest some brands you like and why that would be a huge help.

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u/herpetolojay — 1 month ago

Backpacking photography

I am planning a trip to the Olympic peninsula. The main purpose of the trip is not hiking or photography, but "when in Rome..."

Any time I hike, I have always camped near the trail heads and then done day hikes because I feel like it's simpler than carrying all of the camping, hiking, and photography equipment simultaneously.

My focus is macro photography of reptiles and amphibians, but I like to bring a 100-400mm in case I see birds or mammals of interest. Additionally, some amphibians and reptiles won't let you get as close as you need for 100mm macro.

So for a solo hiker in the Olympic national forest, what are some tips you have? Photo just for engagement purposes.

u/herpetolojay — 2 months ago
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Hiking the Olympic peninsula

I'm planning a trip to the Olympic peninsula in August. I typically will camp nearby and do day hikes of 5-10 miles. Hiking 5 miles takes a lot longer when you're wandering and flipping. I am still in the fence about backpacking vs camping but I will probably be in the sol duc/hoh area. My targets would be rubber boas and salamanders, but pretty much anything out there will be a lifer for me. Any advice is welcome.

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u/herpetolojay — 2 months ago

Fix, sell, or drive into the ground?

I own a 8 year old 2nd gen chevy cruze. It has some minor dings, a windshield chip that was filled by safelite, and some upholstery stains from the kiddos. It runs pretty good with 150k miles, but I feel the trans starting to down shift kinda rough when braking. It was appraised at a dealer for 2500. It's need an evap repair that runs about 1200 plus a tune up and it's going to need new tires soon.

I work for a car company and one of our benefits is we can get a discounted lease through the company of a range of their vehicles. Drive the car for 6k miles or 6 months and pick a new one when one of those is hit. All maintenence and insurance is included in the lease and for the models I look at it's around 400 a month.

The downside is you have no equity and are left without a car if you were to leave the company. Plus the monthly payment when I currently don't have one. So my plan is to get the lease for 6 months, drive the cruze for 6 months, lease for 6 months, drive the cruze. Meanwhile keep up with routine maintenence on my cruze and maybe some small fixes here and there, but not put any big money into the cruze. Thoughts?

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u/herpetolojay — 2 months ago