Category Archives: Reptiles, etc.

coluber constrictor priapus Thursday, September 7, 2023 – 11:09 am Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, AR I was birding along the levy hiking trail through woods when I came within two feet of stepping on this snake. It was about … Continue reading →

nerodia fasciata confluens Wednesday, August 30, 2023 – 9:14 am Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas I spotted this snake swimming in a channel along a rice field. It was perhaps two feet long. I was standing on the road … Continue reading →

agkistrodon contortirx Sunday, May 7, 2023 – 10:47 am Faulkner County, Arkansas – Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area I was out birding and had just crossed over the dam on Lake Conway. On the narrow trail that leads back into … Continue reading →

agkistrodon piscivorus Wednesday, September 7, 2022 — 7:52 am Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas I was driving along a gravel road that ran between a water channel and a swamp when I saw a snake lying in the road. … Continue reading →

lampropeltis pyromelana Sunday, May 8, 2022 — 1:15 pm Hereford, Arizona — Beatty’s Guest Ranch I stopped at Beatty’s in Miller Canyon on my way from Portal to Patagonia. After seeing the featured White-eared Hummingbird, I wandered up the canyon … Continue reading →