As many of you have come to understand, taking decent photos of small triangulum is about as frustrating as anything can be. Hence, I tend to avoid it or procrastinate so long it's almost embarrassing. Well, last night I decided to do a little photo-shoot with a few of the critters (Chris & Jeff - the ones you're waiting for will be in a follow-up post)... right as a fair-sized storm was rolling in. Now, if you've ever seen a milk in the field, you're familiar with their dislike of the wind. This storm had lots of wind. In the end, I was able to manage a few crap-tastic shots of some good looking snakes before the storm forced me back inside. The best part is that I didn't even get frustrated enough to want to flush any of the subjects downd the toilet! Another post will follow in a few days with more crap-tastic shots of nice snakes!
Hope you enjoy!
-Cole
I took photos in groups by locality. First up were a few animals from my colony of Bighorn Co., MT pales.
This is a large breeder female:
Here's the male she was bred to this season. He's almost hypoerythristic looking:
I also managed to squeeze off some shots of a few of their recently hatched offspring:
Next on the list was a high-white Sheridan Co., NE pale:
Quickly followed by a female from Carbon Co., MT who has a certain blair's-phase-alterna look to her:
And a faded male from Yellowstone Co., MT... about 10 minutes from my folks' house:
Next on the list of critters to photo was a sweet little Cherry Co, NE female:
I've always got a serious soft-spot for animals from Thomas Co., NE. Here's a few of the animals I've produced over the last couple of years:
I also decided that I needed some updated pics of the spotted Pennington Co. (Black Hills), SD pale
And, lastly, as the storm was hitting full-force, I snapped a quickie of a normal Pennington Co. (Black Hills), SD critter from this season:
