...Its terrible having those geocachers getting interested in our outcrops eh!
I was hiking a trail this past week when there was a surge in the grass towards a Canotia bush...I was hoping to locate a striped whipsnake M. t in this area...I looked carefully but saw nothing...then I looked up;
Ah dangit...a yellow rather than red ventral...I wanted to get a closer shot anyway...see it peeking intently back, Ill bet the Masticophis see as well as lizards & birds???
Not too bad, shortly thereafter it whisked away as easily as any tree snake...it was too big to use as a regalis feeder anyway...Im glad there arent mambas here!
Now how do these fairly common serpents compete w/ such Sonoran whipsnakes and even the Coachwhips on the flats & bajadas???
Later I managed to spot a regal!!!!!!!!
But it was a regal of another flavor...
& finally a voucher for Black Mtn...the rare Az grayband...
Not a bad week for me
, rather than morning or daytime as is more likely for the others.