finding a gravid massasauga in 1999 and id'ing all 10 neonates ( 4 stillborns) when they were born and then finding one of those (the smallest in the litter) again this year gravid! What a great find. Of course the hypomelanistic fox snake was cool (my 3rd one). Finding colubrid remains in neo massasauga feces was interesting, I beleive other small snakes make up a large part of young massasauga diets because I'v had them regurge snakes before as well. The biggest bummer was a very significant peice of habitat is being developed and there isn't a thing I can do to stop it. This peice of land is home to butler's garters, e. fox, e. massasaugas, n.browns, n. redbellies, e. garters, various orchid species, various prairie species (flowers and grasses), numerous butterflies and of course everything else that comes with undisturbed natural habitat. I guess thats something your all familiar with though. Anyone else have any highlights to share?

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