2012 A Lean Wild Ranch Year

[guidofatherof5]

This year on the Ranch has been a very lean year for seeing wild baby scrubs. Usually they are plentiful and under most debris in the area. With the 2012 drought I have seen zero babies until last night.
I was out front and heard something in the leaves that had collect in a basement window sill. Thinking it was a radix I investigated. When I saw 20 crickets jumping around I was disappointed until I spotted this little dark phase female.
I brought her in for a drink and this afternoon she had a meal. She will be staying inside for the Winter.
She is one dark phase girl and I can't wait to see her after a shed.

[infernalis]

Same here in NY Steve.. Snake sightings have been rare, Nature can be a mother..

[snake man]

Cool looking snake.

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

She is very pretty. <3 She's lucky you found her!!!

[Invisible Snake]

Nice find Steve, that's a good looking scrub.

[katach]

Awww, she is really pretty!!

[Steveo]

Same here... found a few adults in the spring before it really heated up, but other than bull snakes I'm not really finding anything. Hoping to get some more action as we cool down. Average high for August is about 83 but we're still above that almost every day. It's been a few weeks since we had anything more than a sprinkle.

[ProXimuS]

What a cutie! She's got a good place to stay

[-MARWOLAETH-]

It's the opposite problem over hear,it's to wet and cold for the native herps.I hoped one day the weather behaves enough to allow me to see a Grass snake or an Adder.It's really annoying that I've never seen a snake in the wild and people who hate snakes always see them.When we had a nice sunny day I went down to the beach and saw 5 common lizards on the same coastal path!It was great because I'd never seen this species before.

[InsanePirateDragon]

Thats a gorgeous little girl.

But yeah, another lean year here too. So far I've only seen one snake (the grumpy garter that tried to take my hand off numerous times)

And usually this time of year, I'm swimming in Dekays but not this year which is really unusual.

I miss all the wild snakes.