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Well, dang. 15 mile #BikeHerping ride tonight and not so much as a gecko. No snakes at all. I hope it isn't too cold for them already. This is the same road I was riding in May and always found somebody hanging out on the warm asphalt. 🦎🐍 #herps #herping
Oct 4, 2023 at 2:58amWeb
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 5, 2023
Shorter #BikeHerping ride tonight, probably under 10 miles. Found a baby gopher snake when I was almost back to town, then a block from home found a baby western diamondback rattlesnake in the street and then on my gate post found this cute little #gecko

#herps #herping #SonoranDesert #Reptiles #Snake #Rattlesnake #snek #NoStepOnSnek
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 6, 2023

Found another little rattler tonight [edit: it's a sidewinder]. Much bigger than the western diamondback rattlesnake last night, but still pretty small. It was off to the side of the road, so I didn't have to flick it off like the others last night.

So far, I have found all of these snakes annd the gecko after dark. So maybe I'm going out #BikeHerping too early? When I was doing this this spring, I would start at dusk and come back after dark but find plenty of snakes before dark as well.

#herps #snek #NoRunOverSnek #Rattlesnake #Reptiles

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 6, 2023
By the way, I made a "snake stick" out of a $2 golf club from a thrift store. Sawed the club off and put a flat wad of tape on the end to make it easy to scoop under snakes to move them off the road. I'm going to jam-in and epoxy a metal hook on the end when I get around to it.
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 7, 2023

Well, got skunked #BikeHerping tonight. So far I have found all the reptiles well after dark, so I went out later tonight. Short ride, only 8 or 9 miles. It's plenty warm enough for them, being in the high 90s during the day and probably 80 outside right now. Maybe they're all at the bar?

#herps #Snakes #NoSnakesInSight

Show threadjakalopesOct 6, 2023
@Mikal i think this is a sidewinder based on the little horns it has! nice find!
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 6, 2023
@jakalopes
I think you're totally right. I looked at my other photos of sidewinders. I was trying to keep far enough away and still get a photo while holding the phone and the light so I didn't take a super good look at it. It didn't immediately move like a sidewinder, so it didn't register as one. It was big for a sidewinder! All the others have seen have been dinky.
Show threadKaysee ColoradoOct 5, 2023

@Mikal

That's a nice reptile night.

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 5, 2023
@KayseeColorado
Yeah, much better than last night (nothing). I still wonder where all the big snakes are.
Show threadChristine MalecOct 6, 2023
@Mikal This sounds like the beginning of a movie where a porthole is about to open up in your front hall. Be careful on your adventure brave wayfarer.
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsOct 6, 2023

@ChristineMalec

😂 They will get bigger and more numerous each night, until one night I go out on my bike... and am never seen again.