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Re: Fireflies
Well here in NW NJ, my home feels pretty safe, however my checklist for the
campground includes most of Mark's list.
Bears, although I don't think they'd bother me.
Rattlesnakes, although I assume (you know what that means) they won't be
moving around much at night, unless they see that warm spot out in the
field. When built, my observing coffin will have a snake tight base.
20 pound skeeters (NJ's unofficial state bird)...only if they've been on a
diet.
Assorted ground dwelling mammels, although most nightime cruisers were
killed by the rabies epidemic 2 years ago (;-o).
Up here, no see-ums are more of a daytime problem.
And lightening bugs....we'll have to see. Some excellent suggestions were
made regarding memorizing the color and flash charachteristics. Hopefully
I'll get a brain filter set up. And observe as far away from the woods edge
as possible.Gee I hope that's not the sporadics increase!! :>
Wayne, deep in the heart of Jersey
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Original Text
>From Mark Davis <MeteorObs@Charlestondot net>, on 5/20/96 4:12 PM:
To: <meteorobs@latradedot com>
The conversation about fireflies got me to wondering if we all have
different observing setups to combat any pesty flora and fauna. I thought I
would relate mine.
Critters that cause me trouble include bears, 20-pound mosquitoes,
no-see-ums, and rattlesnakes. To combat the ground dwellers, I now observe
from a lawn chair that I place in the bed of my pickup truck. The back of
my
head is toward the cab, therefore it causes no sky obstructions.
For my flying friends, a healthy dose of Deep Woods Off and/or Skin So Soft
seems to do the trick most of the time.
Any other setups?
mark