Steve is doing it so I thought I would share this den with everyone. It's in northwest Oregon and is shared by T. ordinoides and T.s. concinnus.

The weather here has been unusually cold and wet for this time of year so activity and number of snakes is limited but there's still plenty of action going on during breaks in the rain on warmer days. Temperatures around 60 with some sunbreaks is enough to get a few stirring.

Here's the den itself. A rock wall embankment, facing south, gets plenty of sun, and has lots of entry points. It's also down in a recessed area with plenty of forest around to help shelter the den from the bitterly cold and harsh westerly wind that blows in the winter.


Some copulating was observed. Two concinnus' locked up:


Northwesterns also locked up. After I took this pic, female here became aware of my presence and flattened her head, and did the weird "slow tongue" thing, trying to act all tough.



I'll add more pics later...