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| On my second visit, I found this Diamondback Rattlesnake coiled and basking in the sun. I could still see the bulge from his cottontail dinner. |
At the end of May, my
dad came across this Diamondback one evening while walking down the wash. (The
rest of us were in Flagstaff.) The snake was stretched out across the
wash. It had just struck a cottontail rabbit, which was lying motionless.
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| Crotalus atrox disappears under a rock. |
Back home a couple days
later, I decided to take a walk, break in my new camera and try to find that
snake. I went to the place my dad said the snake was. I found him coiled up
under an overhanging rock. I visited him a few times over the next couple days
until he moved on.
The Diamondbacks I have
found do not seem as tied to a location as the Arizona Black rattlesnakes. I
can usually go back and see them two or three times, but they eventually move
on.
You need to train your dad to carry a camera. The cottontail and the snake would have been a great photo.
ReplyDeleteFr. Andrew just viewed all your photos. He kept shaking his head. He wanted to know how you caught the snakes. He doesn't really like snakes. But you have to remember he grew up watching for cobras in his house.
ReplyDeleteWe are thrilled to see the TN snakes have made your blog. The boys LOVE it when their AZ cousins visit because it means lots of reptile catching!
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