You’re a big one, about a foot wide: Continue reading
Dogs Find a Big Gopher
So this is what they’re yipping at:
Category Archives: Reptiles
Little Gopher
The dogs found this little gopher tortoise hiding in some oak leaves.
It’s only about 9 inches across. I’m not certain it’s a gopher, since it doesn’t have the flattened shell top. But it’s acting like a gopher, and is not near water.
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Black Snake vs. Yellow Dog
Sunning snake, poked with stick, snake bites dog, dog bites snake:
Stills:
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 1 Sep 2009, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Both snake and dog appear to be unharmed.
Sneaky Snake
Neighbor Carolyn had a snake, ee i ee i oh!
On hummingbirds it thought to snack, ee i ee i oh! Continue reading
In the Grass
Why did the snake cross the road?
To get out of the way of the car. Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 29 August 2009, Lowndes County, Georgia. Click through to the big picture to count the 9 rattles on this timber rattler.
Update: added links to just the snake Continue reading
ceci n’est pas un serpent
I do think this picture is self-explanatory.
Picture by Gretchen.
Black snake in corn field
July 1st, 2009.
Picture by Gretchen.
Happy Fourth
In memory of that old privateer, Commodore Essex Hopkins (1718 – 1802),
first ranking officer of the U.S. Navy, and my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, here’s a picture of the Commodore’s flag: DONT TREAD ON ME.
Fred’s Rattler
Fred accidentally ran over a timber rattlesnake. It was still crawling. Maybe it’s OK.