Rattler season out there today! I encountered three of them on my walk this evening. Only about 100 feet up from the pavement trailhead, I came upon two rattlers draped across the trail. They were roughly nose to nose when I came upon them. The (much) bigger one was clearly backing down the somewhat smaller one, who turned and headed back into the bushes in the direction it had come from about the time I saw them and stopped (about 20 feet from them). The larger one was about as big around as my arm and maybe 6 feet long, and was feeling its oats or something, because it turned and looked at me like well, do you want some, buddy? I didnt and decided to go back and take a different trail (there was no way to skirt that snake at that point on the trail). In the photos below, you cant miss the big one. You can just make out the striped tail of the smaller one (3 feet, maybe) on the left edge of the trail a bit beyond where the big one is sitting. Then way back in Suycott Wash, I encounter a little guy, maybe 2 feet long, a baby from his/her coloring and brightness. Curled up into a coil immediately, but didnt seem to want any more trouble than I did, so I passed it by.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:41:45 +0000
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