The reason you don't see any field reports from me in GA is because i am not interested in any of the snakes found here. I am spoiled from living out west where I can find zonatas and rubber boas during the day and road cruise the deserts at night. Different times of the year also produce different snakes. This time of year (Feb-March)is the best for flipping AC ( ie,.artificial cover)for Cal kings and rosys in SD county. Later in the spring (May)is when you can drive in any direction and get all sorts of cool stuff. When the deserts reach 90f during the day is when you can go road cruising for rosys and other desert species,Lyres, Cal kings, geckos ect. The high desert is my favorite for the unusual. I have had a lot of experience Feild collecting and have my my own spots and they produce really well because my spots are untouched. If you ever want to go with me I love to turn herpers on to the west coast. But its been a few years but I may go back this May. I will start by flying into Fresno and herp the Seirras first before driving down to the high desert near Death Valley. Then drive down to palm springs (low desert)and hit that area and Borrego. Then back up the mountains during the day for more zonatas in teh San Jacintos and San Gabes for rosys. Find lost of other cool stuff to.



This is a freind who posts here who i took on my last trip. He lives in GA but this was a first for him on the west coast:





photographing a desert rosy in Santa Rosa mtns:









he took pics of everything. Even the "junk" snakes.



Then during the day flipping a coastal rosy under the mattress in Riverside county:





Me in the San Gabriel mtns at about 4500 elevation with a adult female rosy. He caught an adult male:

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