Decided to see what was happening in the Midwest in late September. My first stop was in NM, where Chris Newsom (ChrisNM) and I searched this habitat:







We found these hatchlings on September 23rd:

New Mexico Milk Snakes







Next, I headed to Nebraska, to scenery like this (Those hillsides are crawling with Prairie Rattlers in late September. I saw 9 of them.):







and this:







I saw these two Pale Milk Snakes on September 26th:









Both were hatchlings, and one had an obviously big meal in it. Two other pales were also observed, but the photos are fuzzy...oh well...



I next went to Kansas and saw the usual bunch of milks, kings, ringnecks, garters, etc, including a new county record for a Barred Tiger Salamander. I also met a few new friends at the KHS field trip on Oct. 3rd. I didn't take any pics of the event, but it was great to herp with 90 other people, all in the same area. Later, I thought this scene was a nice contrast of prairie usage:







The cows don't seem to mind their new neighbor at all...



Thanks for looking...

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