Great point Terry. I think that all of us agree that there is some activity during the winter. The debate seems to be to what extent this occurs throughout the continental U.S. I believe that this activity can include such activities as feeding, shedding and copulation in some areas (south) yet can be reduced to not much more than slight movement throughout the thermocline in other regions (north). I find it notable that probably hundreds if not thousands of telemetered snakes in the central and northern states have led researchers to no other conclusion than they are not doing much at all. Also I find it interesting that the same species is not necessarily doing the same thing in different parts of its range. For example its well known that timbers in the northeast communionally den in large groups where as recent studies have shown that this is not the case in Ky where rattlesnakes spend the winter alone. hmmmmmm! as they say lol! Beautiful triangulum btw Terry! Thanks for the post. Phil

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