yesterdays afternoons find

[ClosedCasket88]

after yesterdays post and pic of the eastern i found i went back out to a friends spot in norristown,PA that ive never been to and this was a total goldmine for your average agarter lover.
it was an ols abandoned mental hospitol with a creek next to it with a abandoned baseball field, couple scouts up the creek and baseball field revealed about 40 garter snakes , about 30 adults and 10 babys probly from last years litter (obviously) . and handfulls of northern redback salamanders with about 10 storeria sekayi snakes ,adults. and a few newts in the mix around thw aters edge .no pictures from yesterday , i was too buisy to even take my camera out , we were there for all of 45 minutes and we didnt even hit up some of the spots .

[adamanteus]

You're so lucky to live out there! Yesterday I found two black ants and a ladybird!

[Serpentine99]

I live in PA and I don't even find 40 snakes in a year! How do find so many?

[ClosedCasket88]

well yesterdays spot was a hidden kinda preserved area my friend knows of and it was 50 degrees for the last 3 weeks or so and yesterday was thefirst 70 degree day that actualy almost got up to 80 in my town . so evrything was emerging , it was the christmas of all gartersnake lovers .
handfuls and handfulls , we put them all in bags as we caught em so we didnt find the same one twice just to see how many we could get and i loved seeing a giant ball of garters just slither away , and a few of em slithered into some foliage together and were looking ike there bout to get funky, the garter ball we seen we didnt touch , i know you wouldnt want someone barging in on you when your with your ole lady .
youjust gotta be at the right spot at the right time i guess
its very trashy down here and all these creeks are polluted, only things ucatch are garters, watersnakes and redbacked salamanders, the waters too pulluted for anytype pf aquatic salamanders round here.

[adamanteus]

I wish you had taken pictures Ryan!

[Sid]

Here a large Nerodia sipedon- Northern Water snake I found 3/29.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/100_1265.JPG

Got our photo and released.
Sid

[Thamnophis]

That's a big one, Sid.
Very pretty.

[ClosedCasket88]

thats a very clean lookin northern, the ones up in my area , SE PA , loose there bands as they get bigger, they just blacken out and fill in , some i find get a real high-red-orange belly wich is just awesome looking .
ill look forward to more pics

[adamanteus]

Excellent picture Sid..Big snake!

[Cazador]

Holy cow, Sid. That's a whopper! Nice looking, too.

Rick

[Serpentine99]

Here is one that I found a few days ago. he's the only one found that day.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/alex_snake_3.JPG
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/alex_snake_2.JPG
I have a cuaght garter in my hands right now and are in the process of getting pictures of him before releasing.

[Cazador]

What were they doing when you found them? Moving? Basking? Hiding? Also, thanks for sharing the pictures.

[Serpentine99]

Was that question directed to me or ClosedCasket? I couldn't tell. The one in the picture and the one I just found were basking near a creek.

[Cazador]

Sorry, I was asking about your picture, Serpentine.

BTW: Have the keyboard gremlins attacked again, or is your name spelled, "Larwence?" It's spelled that way in your public profile. If it's a typo, maybe Jason (Boots) could help you.

Rick

[Serpentine99]

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't even relize it.

[ClosedCasket88]

hey serpentine , were at in chester co do u live? not in the ghetto r u?

[Serpentine99]

No, Parkesburg. Farm country. I used to live in Coatesville and lets just say the water wasn't the reason we moved out of the City.

[ClosedCasket88]

and you dont get that many garters there?

[KITKAT]

Hey! I am in Atlanta on vacation, and here is my find of the day!:D :rolleyes:

Guess what species this one is!

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Alans_place_April07_003.jpg

[Stefan-A]

Is it rubber or plastic? ;)

[Cazador]

You must have been terrified! ;). How did you ever manage? :D

[Serpentine99]

No, closedcasket, i never really have a lot of finds around my area. It's funny though because when I visit other places it's like their attracted to me. Maybe it's my woods i look in.

[ClosedCasket88]

well serpentine, if ya ever wanta team up i got some killerspots i could show ya , some are a bit trashy cuz there the only creek an area of woods inthe middle of this city area but there loaded with garters and watersnakes and other funky kool stuff .

[KITKAT]

You must have been terrified! ;). How did you ever manage? :D

What you couldn't see was the Airedale mix pup who was terrified of it while I shook it and yelled, "Wooooooh!"

LOL!

The species???

Thamnophis rubberensis moldicus!:eek:

Yes.... the T rubberensis moldicus has rear fangs, too!:p

[Cazador]

The species???

Thamnophis rubberensis moldicus!:eek:

Ahhhh, of course! I was going to guess rock python :rolleyes:.

Rick

[KITKAT]

T'would have to be a Picnic Table Python then!:rolleyes:

[Josh]

jeeze 40 i only catch abot 4-7 a day if im lucky

[Serpentine99]

well serpentine, if ya ever wanta team up
I wouldn't mind teaming up in the summer where my schedules not so busy.