Nathan Hall, Mike Davis and I made a trip to W. Texas last Weds. thru Sun. to observe and photograph herps. Most of the time it was the usual suspects: night snakes, atrox, subocs and many others, but Saturday night was special for all of us. We all believed it was going to be too cold but decided to try anyway with the weather at night being 68 degrees. It was windy and the high during the day was only 88 degrees. The second location we decided to look turned up 3 alterna within 15 minutes. We were in absolute awe. This was Mike and I's first alterna. This was Mike's first trip out west so he must think alterna are easy! Ha-ha. First was a light blairs phase that was only seen for about 15 seconds before it dissapeared into a hole up about 20 ft. The second was another nice blairs found chewed up in a hole possibly by a ringtail cat. The third was a very dark black and gray blairs with just a few red scales observed high up approximately 25 ft. I have in situ pics of the second and third I will post soon. I've never felt such a rush of adrenline. That last night made it the best trip I've ever been on. Pics coming soon. Chris

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