Well, at least once a year I make the 1.5 hour trip out to the Snake Dens Of Narcisse and I'm never disappointed. Today was no different.
For those of you who don't know, over 10'000 garter snakes migrate to this spot in April and May to participate in a mass breeding frenzy. I'll share a few of the pics from our trip with all of you kind folks....
Here is the sign they have out front of the park. A very fine looking sign indeed!
Here is an overview of one of the 4 pits...
And a similar shot...
Here's a shotty attempt at a decent close-up shot at a breeding cluster, if that's what they are even called...
This one is a bit strange. If you look closely, you can see that the entire snout of this poor snake has been removed somehow. I didn’t get to see the other side of his face but the side that you can see here had no eye. The whole wound seems to have healed over pretty well but I can't imagine this snake surviving too long in the wild...
And finally, a pretty cool statue of a pair of Garters hanging out on top of a rock pile...
There weren't nearly as many snakes in the pits today as there usually is. I guess it is getting late in the breeding season and most of them are done all of their "business transactions".
Anyway, here's one more of my son Tyger holding a snake he caught all by him self... He's a natural!
Thanks for looking! If you're ever in Manitoba in the spring or fall, you really need to check this place out. It's the largest natural collection of snakes in the world... or at least that's what they tell me.
An amazing sight!!!
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