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I recently got a digital camera & was looking for wild corns to photograph and found many other herps but no corns. I read somewhere once that you could look forever but unless you know exactly where to look, you will never find them. Plus, I am within their range (its not like I am looking for them in Michigan or something...LOL). Can anyone give me any tips? I've tried overturned logs, etc etc?? I found just about EVERY type of prey/food that corns would ideally eat in the wild.

You said that you found "many other kids of herps." Did any of these include snakes? Snakes are notoriously hard to find in the field. The best habitat for corn snakes is where there has been some type of man-made disturbance (abandoned barns, pieces of sheet metal laying about, etc.). They tend to live in open areas, rather than woods. The corn snake in the pic was found in Florida near Daytona. It was near the roadside constricting a rat. We would not have found the snake if is wasn't for the rat's squeaking.

Good luck,

Tim

Third Eye

Since I just recently got the digital camera, I just started taking pics of what I see in the field. I am now trying to post some stuff on a new webpage linked to my website. I have found all kinds of good herps like, black rat snakes, pine snakes, timber rattlers etc etc. I never look for anything venemous BUT if I do come across them, I leave them alone since I am NOT interested in taking risks, especially since I now my skills, or lack of with snakes. I am all for checking man made disturbed areas, especially where new homes are being built as snakes seem to gather near wood piles, sheet metal, etc etc.

I just thought there might be some trick to finding corns. In captivity they like to climb (lol), BUT most things I've read indicates that they probably spend much time in rabbit, gopher, mole and other types of holes or hollow logs & brush.

Does anyone find them consistantly in certain types of places/environments? Or are they scarce b/c they're taken from the wild for the pet trade (which would be a real shame since they are so readily available as captive breds).
Northeast Snakes

1)Get several large sheets of plywood and place them out in a
"secret" location where other people won't steal them. Come back
a week later and there should be some neat things underneath.

2)"Roadcruising" is done during warm spring and summer nights
when the snakes try to cross the road or warm up their bellies
on the pavement. Find a remote road that doesn't get alot of
traffic so you can do like 20 mph. Out west here, some folks
cruise the desert for several hours after midnight and see all
sorts of things that you would never see at 70mph.