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was curious as to how others are passing the winter time.....let's see-o.a.t. 33 ferenheit;forecast for this evening,snow/sleet/frzng rain,accumulating a 'coating' of about an inch......'coating'???hmmm,nice....meanwhile this is two nights in a row of grubbing grilled franks(my little coleman's under a canopy) over a great read-n.a. watersnakes,a natural history(gibbons/dorcas).alright winter do your thing and get the hell out.

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"with head raised regally,and gazing at me with lidless eyes,he seemed to question with flicks of his long forked tongue my right to trespass on his territory" Carl Kauffeld

man its hard dealing with these winters, im just trying to pass the time by caring for my snakes. but the herping feeling is making an empty hole in my heart!

That is a beautiful snake.

..last week I just had to drive all the way (through the awful sunshine)
over to my spot 2 miles away...
...to look through some promising mangrove habitat like this:

then look a little harder...

to see this normal phase mangrove salt marsh snake..
(posed here)

Then yesterday after a bitterly cold eve (47F)things have warmed back up enough to check again....
I'm on the phone with a friend who wants to drive up and find one..."Will it be warm enough?" "Think they'll be out?"
At least one is...

so I tell him to come on up. "Maybe we'll see one or two"

Today at around 1:00P or so while walking through the same areas I spot one overhead..

here's a shot from from below...

and posed in the light, this was a nice red phased mangrove salt marsh snake..

Moving on....
I catch a glimpse of something familiar...hmmm...

another nice little red one...
here he is posed on the mud and oysters...

So that's how I've been passing the time the past few weeks.
Watersnake-wise that is
Have fun!!
:Mark

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Surrender Dorothy!

www.crimsonking.funtigo.com

jerk, just kidding LOL

lucky dog, if you dont mind me asking around where do you live?
Just wondering

Sorry I should have at least given a hint...These snakes are from Tampa Bay, FL.
See more on my pic site below..
:Mark

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Surrender Dorothy!

www.crimsonking.funtigo.com