No matter how many shady retreats you cautiously pace around,
and hear nothing.
No matter how many stumphole tunnels you peer inside,
but see nothing.
No matter how many tasty morsels you stumble across,
unnoticed.
Or animal burrows you find,
vacant.
No matter how many fallen trees you crawl underneath and struggle to see inside,
to no avail.
Or ambush sites you find,
empty.
Keep looking. Because sometimes it all pays off,
and you get lucky
They're out there.
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I dont go Rattlesnake hunting, but I do have a Black Racer, a Yellow Rat, Red Rat and black Rat snake living in and around the yard. That's enough for me. The yellow Rat was sunning on the porch railing and a squirrel was trying to run it off.
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Thanks Carol. I don't think that squirrel behavior is sustainable, maybe until the rat snake gets larger. That's interesting that you have yellow and black rats in the same area. Depending on who you ask, they're considered different subspecies (of the same species), which don't typically occur in the same area. Neat.
Dave
Nice post Dave - love it! :)
Thanks Paul. If I was up by you I'd be scouring rock cliffs for timber rattlesnakes instead of holes and tunnels for diamondbacks.
I live to far north for most rattlesnakes, but we do have the eastern massassuaga ( sp? ) living in my area.
Those are beautiful snakes, I lived near a population when I was in upstate NY, but I was never lucky enough to find one.
I've only seen them in captivity.
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