I've always wanted to work with red milks and have always wanted to find some in the field. Thanks to a few friends of mine, I've been able to accomplish both this year.
First, Cole sent me an awesome pair of 08 captive bred MO locality reds. They are already some of my favorites.
Male
Female
Then, Ed Minor and I made a trip up North to KY, IL, MO in search of red milks. We found a bunch of nice stuff, including one baby red milk! I learned a ton from Ed. It was a great trip.
Here are a few highlights:
One of the first catches of the trip was a nice getula...getula nger to be exact. I first for me
At the same spot, Ed caught another one
Not long after, Ed found the prize of the trip. Me and Ed's buddy Scott flipped all the rocks and found no snakes and then Ed decided to lift one because it "looked like it was in the right spot" and bam, he finds a red
some habitat
Later that day, we found an integrade rat...which looked exactly like the Texas rats I caught with Nate a few weeks earlier
Also at the same spot as the rat was this guy
The next day was anoter big getula day. The first catch of the day was this speckled king that I found
Here's where it was. Snake lovers paradise?
Driving to the next spot, Ed eyed this little guy while cruising the roads. Still have no clue how he saw it
Further down that same road, we found this, which is always a welcomed sight
Next was pay dirt. A couple of kings and a Timber!
As Ed went to put this guy back, he saw another one crawling out from under the carpet he flipped.
Then Ed found this guy...what a beauty...nice and calm and didn't want to move or buzz
The next day was still another good day. To start off, a giant snapper on the road
A bunch of kings, including this one under some tin
And this one on the road
A couple of copperheads in situ
A racer was out as well
And too many of these to count - worm snakes
It was an incredible trip. Unfortunately, I lost my notes on what our trip totals were. I remember there were 8 kings though and of course, 1 red milk, which is what I came to see.
Dave
Edited on June 17, 2009 at 21:40:34 by PHGinger.
