Yard animals 2013

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat May 11, 2013 12:23 pm

http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2 ... thing.html

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat May 11, 2013 2:12 pm

That is a great photo! Did you manage to take that of yourself?!?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat May 11, 2013 2:33 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:That is a great photo! Did you manage to take that of yourself?!?

Yes...barely. He was moving around so much I could hardly focus with one hand. The other one I am holding, my wife took.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat May 11, 2013 2:44 pm

Great pic, Aaron.

I'd be shaking so hard, there'd be no photo at all.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat May 11, 2013 2:44 pm

Impressive! 99% of my snake photos have the head out of focus as they move so fast. I took some decent photos of a copperhead the other week only because a sympathetic herpetologist caught, kept it overnight in the cold, and set it down on the ground for me to take pictures of.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat May 11, 2013 3:45 pm

Great picture!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:28 pm

cool photo..................what the heck type is it?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat May 11, 2013 8:52 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Impressive! 99% of my snake photos have the head out of focus as they move so fast. I took some decent photos of a copperhead the other week only because a sympathetic herpetologist caught, kept it overnight in the cold, and set it down on the ground for me to take pictures of.

I hear ya, the only reason I caught them is so they would not leave until I could get my camera. Normaly I don't want to bother them.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat May 11, 2013 8:56 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:cool photo..................what the heck type is it?

Gopher snake, the western cousin too the bullsnake. When I was a kid (oh god here we go) we caught one over 8 feet long. But my personal best has been 6 feet.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat May 11, 2013 9:03 pm

lucky1 wrote:Great pic, Aaron.

I'd be shaking so hard, there'd be no photo at all.

Thanks,

This one my wife called me on her cell, "come get this snake out of the road so I can get home" Sence it took both hands to hold...she had to take the pic. Out of the 4-5 pics she took this is the only one that was in focus.

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sat May 11, 2013 10:45 pm

Cool.

We have lots of Gartner and a few Rattle Snakes around our area.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun May 12, 2013 4:21 am

I love kingsnakes.... I had one for a few years. Super docile, happy and easy to tae care of!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun May 12, 2013 9:16 pm

canadianplant wrote:I love kingsnakes.... I had one for a few years. Super docile, happy and easy to tae care of!

That's awesome.

I'm so bummed out today, I ran over and killed one on the lane.

Makes me sick.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat May 25, 2013 10:41 pm

http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2 ... never.html

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun May 26, 2013 9:05 am

Wow, he's a pale one, Aaron.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun May 26, 2013 12:15 pm

lucky1 wrote:Wow, he's a pale one, Aaron.

Barb

He's a western yellow bellied racer (Coluber constrictor mormon)

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun May 26, 2013 2:05 pm

He'd better not RACE over those rough rocks, or his belly won't be yellow.

Wonder if I'll see the Rubber Boa here again this summer.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun May 26, 2013 10:28 pm

lucky1 wrote: Wonder if I'll see the Rubber Boa here again this summer.
Barb

What a prize, if you have rubber boas in your area it is almost a sure bet you have western skinks in your area. I have one or two sninks in my yard, but have yet to see a rubber boa here.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon May 27, 2013 4:27 am

I completely forgot rubber boas make it in BC.... I know some people who raised some as pets.

When I was in Calgary, I managed the fish/reptile dept at a pet store. A lady came in one day and we got talking about snakes. For those of you who arent familiar with calgarys climate, picture Aarons, but more unpredictable, and by the books, colder.

We got on the topic of Cali kings, and we got to talking about how well they escape from enclosures. She told me her 5 yr old snake got out, and she didnt see it all summer. We had a relatively cold winter that year, and to her surprise in march, she found it poping out of the ground next to her foundation - fat, healthy and alive! True survivors!

The best was getting a call from the fire department, and having them tell me "we found a komoto dragon, we need to bring it in". Besides me going (wait, what the hell....), I had no idea what they were talkin about. Turns out a ladys savannah monitor escaped a few months before that, and the fire dept found him basking in a bike path, all chilled out.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon May 27, 2013 5:59 am

nice snake....................and nice Yucca in the background too.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon May 27, 2013 1:24 pm

Here's the rubber boa from last summer:
Photo post test, too.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/8048 ... eaea_z.jpg

GRRRROWL, photo didn't work!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon May 27, 2013 4:13 pm

canadianplant wrote:I completely forgot rubber boas make it in BC.... I know some people who raised some as pets.

When I was in Calgary, I managed the fish/reptile dept at a pet store. A lady came in one day and we got talking about snakes. For those of you who arent familiar with calgarys climate, picture Aarons, but more unpredictable, and by the books, colder.

We got on the topic of Cali kings, and we got to talking about how well they escape from enclosures. She told me her 5 yr old snake got out, and she didnt see it all summer. We had a relatively cold winter that year, and to her surprise in march, she found it poping out of the ground next to her foundation - fat, healthy and alive! True survivors!

The best was getting a call from the fire department, and having them tell me "we found a komoto dragon, we need to bring it in". Besides me going (wait, what the hell....), I had no idea what they were talkin about. Turns out a ladys savannah monitor escaped a few months before that, and the fire dept found him basking in a bike path, all chilled out.

Cool stories.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon May 27, 2013 4:17 pm

lucky1 wrote:Here's the rubber boa from last summer:
Photo post test, too.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/8048 ... eaea_z.jpg

GRRRROWL, photo didn't work!

That's a nice one, gravid female?

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:36 am

lucky1 wrote: GRRRROWL, photo didn't work!

It works and the Boa is beautiful!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:53 am

gravid female?

Had to look up gravid.

Dunno.

Yup, Jesse, cool stories.
Igor, I'll get the hang of the new Flickr to embed photos again.
Not easy to learn new stuff...brain obviously overloaded.

Barb