Careful Chuck, a posting like that could cause the EPA to go into a lethal
feedback loop.
Charlie
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I never heard of this snake so looked him up and discovered an
> interesting dilemma. The SF garter snake (endangered) feeds on the
> California red-legged frog (also endangered). :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Moose wrote:
> > On 6/15/2010 7:44 PM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Does anyone else have snakeboots in their kit or interesting snake
> stories while out photographing?
> >>
> >
> > Just the problem - that my most interesting snake meeting was when I was
> > out NOT photographing. Many years ago, I was off getting away from work,
> > home, etc. for a couple of days. The point was quiet, introspection,
> > etc. So when I went on a long walk out toward the point at Point Reyes,
> > I intentionally didn't have a camera with me.
> >
> > So of course a snake slithered onto the trail in front of me. I've lived
> > around here all my life and used to hang around with kids in HS who were
> > budding herpetologists. I had never seen anything like this. About 2-2.5
> > ft. long, slimish, rather undistinguished, sort of slightly greenish
> > muddy color - except for the bright red head!
> >
> > When it sensed me, rather than slithering away, it took a quite
> > aggressive posture, forming a figure eight/infinity symbol, tail on the
> > bottom pointed away from me and head on top, raised toward me. It sure
> > looked ready to strike.
> >
> > I "knew" it wasn't venomous, 'cause there aren't such things in Calif.
> > that don't have triangular, pit viper heads. Still, I was taken aback,
> > and stayed clear of it's striking range. It stayed long enough for me to
> > look pretty carefully. It did have some pretty faint stripes down the
> > sides of its back, so I'm thinking some sort of garter snake. It
> > eventually tired of my refusal to take its challenge and headed off into
> > the tall grass.
> >
> > The visitor center was closed that day, but next time I was there, I
> > checked and found it was an endangered local species, identified in the
> > book as a red-headed garter snake. Searching on the web now, it seems to
> > be more commonly called a San Francisco garter snake.
> >
> > Boy did I wish I'd brought a camera!! I use that experience as an
> > internal object lesson to encourage myself to always have a camera with
> > me. :-)
> >
> > Snake Boy Moose
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