A friend of mine and I decided to take off on Sunday afternoon and herp all night out in West Texas (Val Verde/Edwards counties). We drove out there, seeing numerous DORs... western diamond backs, coachwhips, tx ratsnakes, ground snakes, and a horrific find - a completely flattened banded rock rattler.
Living... we came across a few western diamond backs, a nice big adult coachwhip (which I almost brought home, but they are sometimes problem feeders if you take them as adults so I figured I wouldn't bother). Then... the thing that made the whole trip worth while. We came across a living, breathing, rattling, banded rock rattler which got bagged and brought back with us.
We came across a nifty find...
I wish the pic had come out better, but the orange/brown pile at the top is a pile of ring-tailed cat droppings. Very fresh... still steaming. The stringy thing hanging in the middle of the pic is a freshly killed blackneck garter snake. Musk still in the air. When we pulled up we must have scared the cat away from his meal. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
Was fun... not much of an adventure, but thought I'd share because I'm bored. =)
Rav
