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5/20/09
Went herping again this morning back up to berks county. Like a idiot i forgot the memory card for the camera, so no good photos (snapped a few with the cell for proof though. I'll upload those later)
At about 9:00am i found a nice little northern water under a rock, he was real cold and hardly moved when i picked him up, awesome belly patterns! About half an hour later i flipped a slab of cement and found a 18"ish copperhead! This snake too was very cold and came out right willingly on my hook. Too some photos of him out in the sun, and by then he was warm and friskey so we put him back.
Herped for another half hour or so and i spotted a 3' black rat (eastern now) on a log pile (same pile that the copperhead was on the other day) he was in shed and didn't blink when i picked him up, snapped a few photos and set him back on his warm log, last i saw he was still sitting there. Shortly later my buddy nearly tripped over the hugest garter snake we ever saw, it sucked down in a pile of briers before he could grab it, but that thing looked like a yellow rat it was so huge! We then took an hour hike up above some huge cliffs and over a lake, from up there (150+ feet) i saw a water snake swimming along the lake and onto the bank. (not much else around there, its a old mining lake) We hiked down and around to the spot where he went on the bank, and sure enough he was still there, i grabbed him just as he was heading out to sea. Nice adult N. water. Snapped a photo of him and after dodging a few more strikes let him go. As we were walking out my buddy caught another big N. water. And we talked to an old couple who told us they saw a hog up in some pine trees! So thats where i'm heading next time!
5/15/09
Well i've been finding water snakes garters and queens for the last few weeks, but this was the first time i was able to get out for copperheads. Friday night i went up to a spot in burks county PA with a buddy, and as luck would have it, i found a nice copperhead out on a log pile! Only sad part was his mouth looked kinda funny, like someone had messed with him at one point, but other than that, great lookin snake!
Here are a few photos, so enjoy!
Went herping again this morning back up to berks county. Like a idiot i forgot the memory card for the camera, so no good photos (snapped a few with the cell for proof though. I'll upload those later)
At about 9:00am i found a nice little northern water under a rock, he was real cold and hardly moved when i picked him up, awesome belly patterns! About half an hour later i flipped a slab of cement and found a 18"ish copperhead! This snake too was very cold and came out right willingly on my hook. Too some photos of him out in the sun, and by then he was warm and friskey so we put him back.
Herped for another half hour or so and i spotted a 3' black rat (eastern now) on a log pile (same pile that the copperhead was on the other day) he was in shed and didn't blink when i picked him up, snapped a few photos and set him back on his warm log, last i saw he was still sitting there. Shortly later my buddy nearly tripped over the hugest garter snake we ever saw, it sucked down in a pile of briers before he could grab it, but that thing looked like a yellow rat it was so huge! We then took an hour hike up above some huge cliffs and over a lake, from up there (150+ feet) i saw a water snake swimming along the lake and onto the bank. (not much else around there, its a old mining lake) We hiked down and around to the spot where he went on the bank, and sure enough he was still there, i grabbed him just as he was heading out to sea. Nice adult N. water. Snapped a photo of him and after dodging a few more strikes let him go. As we were walking out my buddy caught another big N. water. And we talked to an old couple who told us they saw a hog up in some pine trees! So thats where i'm heading next time!
5/15/09
Well i've been finding water snakes garters and queens for the last few weeks, but this was the first time i was able to get out for copperheads. Friday night i went up to a spot in burks county PA with a buddy, and as luck would have it, i found a nice copperhead out on a log pile! Only sad part was his mouth looked kinda funny, like someone had messed with him at one point, but other than that, great lookin snake!
Here are a few photos, so enjoy!
