This is what herping is all about! PIC

[Vanan]

Being out in the country, good times with good friends and finding cool species! :)

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/Vanan/DSCF1304small.jpg">

Pictured is me, Jordan and a very unhappy bull. :D

[corr]

Sweet! :)

[Vanan]

wtf?! Website banned from Photobucket?

Edit: That was wierd. Got that msg when I looked at this post again, now it's fine. :p

[corr]

Yup, still two happy dudes and an unhappy Bull. :D

[nburgmei]

Good stuff.

Beautiful country, good friends, and snakes...doesn't get any better than that.

[shaggybill]

Cool picture.

That landscape intrigues me for some reason. I think its because there's no trees on the hills. I noticed it also on the Rattlesnake Count pics that Scales Zoo put on here a while back. It just looks wierd to me. It doesnt seem like snakes would inhabit such an open area...

[Tim_Cranwill]

It's a beautiful part of the country. Anyone who hasn't been should make the effort. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Nice pic. Anymore from the outing?

[Vanan]

Tim, my camera wasn't in use during that time as the friend who took that pic's camera, made mine feel too jealous.

Shaggybill, it's no surprise. It's one of those things I still wonder about til today. Finding snakes in the places you'd least expect them to. What you think as a perfect snake habitat is all topsy turvy here. Bare open hills and a couple of holes in the ground is where you find em. After a while you'd get the eye for it, like Ryan Wunsch (SCALES Zoo) does.

[shaggybill]

Are there any birds of prey in the area? It seems like they (the snakes) would be an easy target for them, just sitting out like that.

[Vanan]

I've noticed raptors around flat open fields but not amongst the hills. The odd one or two but not as many as you'd find out in the fields.