Reptile & Amphibian Forums

No conflicts on these LOL.

Kerby...
-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

Roadrunner with a ground snake in my front yard.

Kerby...

-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

Awesome photo Kerby!.....nature at it's very best.

(well, at it's WORST I guess for the ground snake)..

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

"some are just born to troll and roll"

I might have to send that one to AZ G&F for their annual calender photo contest.

Kerby...
-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

It's definitely worthy of a contest for Arizona wildlife, no doubt about that!!

If you do, good luck with placing WAY up there with it!

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

"some are just born to troll and roll"

Awesome photo. That would be a life bird for me. Unfortunatly they don't migrate or live anywhere close to.
-----
Randy Whittington

>>Awesome photo. That would be a life bird for me. Unfortunatly they don't migrate or live anywhere close to.
>>-----
>>Randy Whittington

I agree awesome photo.....
Btw we have tons of chaparral road runners down here.....beep beep
-----
John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Roadrunners are amazing predators. Screw that cute cartoon one (meep meep!). The prof that taught hte herpetology 401 class I took in college did his doctoral thesis on roadrunners and their diets, and he mentioned it when discussion predators of herps. Holy crap those birds can catch and kill anything.
>>
-----
We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.

I'm jealous. Sometime over the next couple of years, during the spring or fall migration I hope to get down to southern texas to bird in the lower Rio Grande basin area for a few days. Hopefully I can add a road runner to my list while I'm down there.
The birding during migration down there is known to be in a class by itself.
Here is a crappy shot of a pileated woodpecker that I took a few weeks back.

-----
Randy Whittington

Nice picture Randy. Now if that were an ivory-billed . . .
What ever happened with those expeditions into the remote La. swamps, where they were supposedly a few surviving?

--Dennis

Really cool shot Kerby! I guess you had to be quick to get that shot and the camera at hand!

--Dennis

I was actually in the house and heard the roadrunner outside and took the picture from inside the house.

I have 13x OPTICAL zoom.

Kerby...
-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

>>Roadrunner with a ground snake in my front yard.
>>
>>
>>
>>Kerby...
>>
>>-----
>>Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.
>>
>>
>>
-----

Gambel's quail (male) in my back yard.

Kerby...

-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

See the thing on it's head?.......that's definitely a partridge!..LOL!!

-----
"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

"some are just born to troll and roll"

Have you ever done any taxidermy with those?

Those are really neat looking birds man!

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

"some are just born to troll and roll"

Yes, I have mounted a few. I stay away from birds, but I mount everything else. This past month I just mounted 3 bobcats, mt. lion, huge elk, mule deer and a 5 foot western diamond back. I stay busy.

Kerby...
-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

Very cool Kerby. Thanks for posting the bird shots.
-----
Randy Whittington

Just opportunities. Imagine if we all had cameras handy all the time!

Kerby...
-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

The more I look at that bird the more impressed I am. The only quail species near me are Northern Bobwhite and that Gambel's blow them away in appearance.
Oh and thanks for posting species that can't be confused with others. Ha ha
-----
Randy Whittington

A different looking raven in Chino Valley, Arizona.

Kerby...

-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

Must be a hypo.
-----
God Bless Evolution.

Kerby, very cool photos bro. I have never caught a ground snake but have seen some pics of them that make me want to have a few!! Does anyone ever keep and breed these things or are they too small and a pain in the arse!!!

Joe

In my area the ground snakes are everywhere.

Kerby...
-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

Are those Chionactis...shovel-nosed snakes?
-----
Greg Jackson

No, the ground snake here is Sonora semiannulata.

Kerby...
-----
Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.