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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...

Awesome post Hubbster!..LOL!

Those are some great pics(as usual) of some great healthy lookin' critters, as well as habitat!.

I'd also like to congratulate you once again on that absolutely KILLER, very well-written getula book. There is NONE that even come close on planet earth bro!.....this is a fact.

Hey, check out these two "sticticeps" that you had featured in the book. The little aberrant 9 gram runt female is now an absolute MONSTER for her young age, and is now the biggest of all three..LOL! The bottom pic is the more "classic" specimen.

again,...great post my friend!

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Wow. How do you grow them so fast? I guess I need to feed my stuff more often...thanks for the compliments on the book too.

When they were real young, I fed them 2 pinks every 2 to 4 days. As you may already know, their metabolism is just insane, and is basically unmatched by most any other colubrids.

Now that they are yearlings, I feed them a couple nice hoppers every 5 to 7 days, although they would LOVE to eat more.

The pic of her on the garage floor is not from me placing her there, that is where she came to rest after launching out of her enclosure to chase me down for a meal, these guys, and the brooks as well are simply true eating machines..LOL!

Speaking about feeding, I have to go do that right now as a matter of fact,...they are certain to be in "attack-mode" right now in anticipation of a meal. I find that many getula slap their tales around uncontrolably in their excitement to feed..LOL!

take care buddy!, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Brian,
The celaenops you and Eric found are outstanding looking, and really liked the habitat shot too.
The multistrata from NE are nice to see, the first one and it's saddles w/ the thin black banding is particularly nice looking. And the habitat shot looked like a layup. Yeah I said it, an easy Pale layup.

Now what is this Getula book Doug is talking about? Is that some kinda new pasta like Tortellini, and you wrote a recipe book? Cool. I didn't even know Doug liked pasta.

-Dell
Cherry co. multistrata

>> "Now what is this Getula book Doug is talking about? Is that some kinda new pasta like Tortellini, and you wrote a recipe book? Cool. I didn't even know Doug liked pasta."

*** Sure Dell, I love pasta!,...as a matter of fact, the pasta dish he describes in chapter seven is really tasty, but the noodles come out looking very strange and snake-like, here's an example of what they look like after they've been cooked and drained.

Kingsnakes are also known to LOVE this dish as well!

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Love that corn pagetti photo, Doug.

-Dell

Your picture is out of focus...

Your mom's out of focus.
Penningtonco.SD....................................................................................................-Dell

>>Your picture is out of focus...

it looks fine to me.

Thanks Terry, focused enough for a forum post anyway.

Your photo is very interesting, love how much movement is in it, but still sharp and clear on the hondurans head.

-Dell

Nice pale, Het Brian when is the next book out? Do you still want pics of the spotted red milk ?

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Doug L

Nice finds and nice photos. That first NM milk is killer and I always love pales. (hope that second one did not regurgitate on you) Funny, I was just reading some of your book last night because a Speckled I have is from Shawnee,KS and I was looking to see what your thoughts were on intergrade or pure holbrooki. Seems to always be a debate.

Nice post Brian, thanks for sharing!
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“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” Emmerson

Great post! Thsose are incredible pales.

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Those are some sweet finds, Mr. Hubbs.
I especially like the Pale Milks.

Tim

Nice western milks. I love all the habitat shots as well. To me seeing milks and everything else in the field is what it's all about. And when the snakes don't cooperate you still get to enjoy nature.

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Joe

I thought I saw you sneaking around out there...nice snakes Brian!

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Todd Hughes

>>I thought I saw you sneaking around out there...nice snakes Brian!
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wow: snake related, a milk for specificity, a cultural icon (bigfoot, not brian) AND personal insult.
yours has to be the best forum post ever.

aaaw, he knows I'm havin' fun, no insult intended.
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Todd Hughes

.........HAHAHA!!

Todd, that is the FUNNIEST pic I have seen in a VERY long time!

Bravo!!...............it looks more like the dad(Mike) on the Brady Bunch than Brian..LOL!!

funny-A$$ pic bro!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Okay, maybe it is Mike Brady's head, but it looked like Brian back in the day, and I think Mike Brady died a while back, so it must be Brian, besides, Mike Brady was an architect and didn't have time to hunt snakes or write cool herping books!
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Todd Hughes

>> "and I think Mike Brady died a while back"

*** He did as a matter of fact, he cashed in from the AIDS virus.

Yeah, but he could have taken the family and Alice on herping trips instead of going to places like Hawaii in that episode starring Vincent Price as the wacky archeologist..LOL!!

Again bro, that is one funny photo you posted!..hahaha!!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Nice pics... "I theen so!" Ken, cpe.

Always love habitat shots but I'd have to say it's the sweet finds that make them worth the while!!!

Thanks for posting...

Chris

First look for some cows

Next follow a cow around

Now why didnt I think of this?
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Doug L

That's where I've been going wrong!

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"