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June 13 - 27, covering Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties.

This trip was decent, although rain and low temps played a large part in determining where to hunt.

Banded Rock Rattlesnake - 1
Big Bend Patchnose - 1 DOR
Checkered Garter Snake - 7, 1 DOR
Great Plains Rat Snake - 4
Kansas Glossy Snake - 4
Mojave Rattlesnake - 3
Mottled Rock Rattlesnake - 1
Northern Black-Tailed Rattlesnake - 10, 1 DOR
Sonoran Gopher Snake - 4, 1 DOR
Texas Longnose Snake - 6, 1 DOR
Texas Lyre Snake - 2
Texas Night Snake - 17
Trans-Pecos Copperhead - 1
Trans-Pecos Rat Snake - 15
Variable Ground Snake - 2
Western Blackneck Garter Snake - 5, 7 DOR
Western Coachwhip - 1
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - 13
Western Hook-nosed Snake - 1

Produuctive trip and nice shot of the buzzer, but hey, what about some more pics? (like I ever post any)

Unfortunately, I was limited in what I could take photos of, as I only had a macro lens with me. I included a few shots from previous trips.

Kokernot Plateau Black-Tail

Western-slope Big Hill Texas Lyre Snake

Sonoran Gopher (HWY 90 between Marfa and Valentine)

From previous trips...

Boy Scout Diamondback

Horned Lizard (2810 southwest of Marfa)

Sawtooth Mountain Black-Tail

Isn't that 2810 a pretty road? Gorgeous High desert/grassland habitat and the scenery is fantastic as well. Saw my first Aplomado falcons on that road! Here's a big glossy crossing that road last summer...

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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

Yes, beautiful road, whether herping or not, especially if you've got 4 wheel drive, and can make it down into Pinto Canyon.

From 2810...

Down in Pinto Canyon...

Great images - thanks!

It'd be nice if someone would post field pics here. I can't make it out to west TX this year. I have a trip to central Mexico this month and hope to look around Utah before my honeymoon in yellowstone after that. Remember when this forum was the best???