Pruddock
Gig 'Em Ags!! Whoop!!
Well this is kind of a compilation post from 4-21, 4-22, 4-27, and 4-28 since I have a film camera and have to use the roll before I get them developed. If anybody wants to shoot me... I don't know... lets say $750 for a digital SLR then I'll post them a little faster, but till then here's how its going to be.
4-21 -- My friend Graham and I were out catching skinks for his pygmy rattlers and he stumbled upon this Texas Coral and it was fiesty!! could barely get its picture! Later that night I was driving home and saw something brown on a black road and stopped to find this pretty little Souther Copperhead.
4-22 -- Great day!! Found everything in a 45 minute span! First was this Yellow Belly Racer in pure blue (actually found its shed later that day) and got one pic of him before he crapped on my hand and slid his tail out and was gone under a log pile in a flash. Second was another Texas Coral!! I can't believe how lucky I am finding these guys. This one was under a rock just up the path. Tried to get some ventral shots but he was uncooperative. Last was this juvenile Southern Copperhead basking in one of these little ponds that stretch back into the woods. Pretty little guy.
4-27 -- Found 5 snakes but the force was not with me today
I only was able to photograph the Texas Rat Snake basking before it jetted into the logpile it was basking on. The others were three Ribbons that I saw in the grass but got away before I could get to where they were, and the 5th snake was an unidentified black snake. I could had reached out and grabbed it by the tail in the grass, but I wasn't able to make an identification from what I saw and it was a considerably large snake so I figured grabbing wasn't the best idea :grin01: So I settled for this one picture of the Texas Rat for the day up on its throne of wood.
4-28 -- Went out with my friend Deuce for a little while this morning and found three snakes. Caught a pretty Yellow-belly Racer thats pictured, and two more Ribbons that were basking together alongside the trail in a small drainage pool. The ribbons and some of the shots of the Yellowbelly are still in my camera, so ya'll will just have to hope I can find some more so I can share those photos too!! :cheers:
4-21 -- My friend Graham and I were out catching skinks for his pygmy rattlers and he stumbled upon this Texas Coral and it was fiesty!! could barely get its picture! Later that night I was driving home and saw something brown on a black road and stopped to find this pretty little Souther Copperhead.
4-22 -- Great day!! Found everything in a 45 minute span! First was this Yellow Belly Racer in pure blue (actually found its shed later that day) and got one pic of him before he crapped on my hand and slid his tail out and was gone under a log pile in a flash. Second was another Texas Coral!! I can't believe how lucky I am finding these guys. This one was under a rock just up the path. Tried to get some ventral shots but he was uncooperative. Last was this juvenile Southern Copperhead basking in one of these little ponds that stretch back into the woods. Pretty little guy.
4-27 -- Found 5 snakes but the force was not with me today
I only was able to photograph the Texas Rat Snake basking before it jetted into the logpile it was basking on. The others were three Ribbons that I saw in the grass but got away before I could get to where they were, and the 5th snake was an unidentified black snake. I could had reached out and grabbed it by the tail in the grass, but I wasn't able to make an identification from what I saw and it was a considerably large snake so I figured grabbing wasn't the best idea :grin01: So I settled for this one picture of the Texas Rat for the day up on its throne of wood.4-28 -- Went out with my friend Deuce for a little while this morning and found three snakes. Caught a pretty Yellow-belly Racer thats pictured, and two more Ribbons that were basking together alongside the trail in a small drainage pool. The ribbons and some of the shots of the Yellowbelly are still in my camera, so ya'll will just have to hope I can find some more so I can share those photos too!! :cheers:
