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My niece with her 1st bullsnake, she was pretty excited. She caught 2 that day.

Tiny ants eating a bee head

Tons of salamanders out this day

A nice big red sided garter on the hunt

I was watching it awhile & all the sudden it dove down & grabbed a tiger salamander. It drug it out of the water & as you'll see in one of the pics it passed right by my knee & stopped & ate it. I'm going to put all of the pics on here so you can see the process.

& done

Thanks,

Dan Eby

Nice as always Dan... your niece does seem very pleased with herself... nice to see you're passing the joys of field trips along.

Gotta tell you though... those salamanders are fantastic... as much as I dislike removing things from the wild... one of those would have come home with me for sure!

Gerry

That owl pic is bizarre... looks as if it's possessed with those glowing eyes... the raptor version of "Rosemary's Baby".

Gerry

Reminds me of the haunted forest owls in the "Wizard of Oz"..LOL!

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

lol, I thought so too. That owl is one of 3 babies I was watching & every time I went to see them they were on the sides of the trees where the lighting sucked so I couldnt get any good pics.

Dan

Thanks Gerry. I know what you mean, I do have a few of the tiger salamanders I've found. One of them is 12" long & I've had him since 2001.

Dan

Great sequence of superb shots!. Man, that garter sure did get slimed up and dirty with that salamander meal..LOL!!

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thanks Doug!

Dan

Dan,

Might be your best yet. And you are geting ever better. But..How do you top that Garter pic series NOW? Bet you never thought of that! LOL

Sincerely,
Matthew