Eastern Milk Snakes

[danh]

On Sunday I went up to Peterborough and met up with Stu Stick and Steve Marks. Stu took us to a spot where eastern milk snakes are numerous. Sure enough, we found a total of six adult, one yearling and three baby milks. I just wanted to share these pictures I took:

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1768neo_milks.jpg
These are two of the neonate milks we found.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1768dan___milks_red.jpg
This is me with those same two baby milks.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1768milk2.jpg
This was probably the nicest looking of the milk snakes we found.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1768milk5.jpg
This is the same snake. Notice the tail has retained its old skin. This snake had a brutal injury that is mostly hidden by the snake's body in this picture (you can just see the start of it.) Steve said it was probably caused by a bird. He aided the snake by removing the shed before it was released.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1768milk6.jpg
This is another milk we found. I find the amount of variation in colour between individual snakes incredible especially within such a small area.

Thanks for looking, and see you at the show on Sunday. I need ride to the show, if anybody in TO has an extra seat in their car...:)

dan

[Invictus]

Wow, nice finds, Dan. Eastern milks are very beautiful snakes.

[TheRedDragon]

Great finds Dan! Those are awesome looking snakes and pics! :) I should really get into field herping. :)

[Tim_Cranwill]

Nice little milks! :D

[RepTylE]

Really nice milks. I haven't seen them in the wild for a long time :(

[BoidKeeper]

Nice! Theyre are probaly my favorite milk because they remind me so much of corns. Is that last one is a shed cycle?
Great pics thanks so much for sharing.
Cheers,
Trevor

[burmer]

Really nice finds. Looks like you had a productive day.

[JD@reptiles]

nice ones man!

[Orryll]

I have lived in Peterborough and never seen a eastern milk snake ever, hell I did not know there was such a thing till last year . :P

[danh]

Thanks everybody! I'm kind of bummed out now that the season is almost over... but there's still time left!

dan

[icex19]

Hey Dan,

I had nooo idea we had milks here! :o Now you're going to get me looking :D I'm quite bad at id'ing snakes, because all i've ever seen wild is a garter :(. I'll probably mistake a milk for a massasauga, haha

I hear ya on the season being pretty much all over. I've been out a couple times lately, and it's been extremely weak. I mainly herp for turtles, and only seen a few painteds, when I usually see like around 20 and a snapper.

Oh well, next year...

[Beejay]

Nice, dan. And the season's not over until it's over!!!!! There's still Jeff's property to dig through yet....

Bj