Turning into a photo essay

Still suffering from cabin fever. It was warmer today, but all of the snow melt made me decide to go to work instead of fishing. Here are some more photos.

This guy popped his head out as I was walking down a dried up side channel to one of our Class A wild trout streams. He wouldn't come the whole way out, so this is all I could photograph.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ke_9/Racer.jpg

This is the rattler that is coiled up in a prevous post. When we initially came up on him, he was all stretched out. I just liked this photo.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...lerCloseup.jpg

This guy was crossing the road that I was walking back up to the jeep on. I directed "traffic" (actually something like 2 cars) around him until he made it to the other side. What was really neat about this guy was that he had just finished shedding his skin and there was still a piece covering his rattle. Because of that, the rattle was kinda muffled. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the rattle. Oh well, maybe next time.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...tleRattler.jpg

I call this the tiger hole. It's about 6 feet deep on a normal flow. I've caught a few tiger trout from it over the years. It's in the Laurel Highlands of SW Pennsylvania.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d.../TigerHole.jpg

This section is about 100 yards upstream from the tiger hole. It's hazy because it was 75 degrees and had just rained for the third or fourth time that morning and the sun was coming back out. It holds lots of brookies.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...e_9/RRHaze.jpg

This one is one of my favorites. I didn't know it was there until I "found" it on a hike in brookie trip. To the left of the waterfall there are 3 openings to a cave or caves (I am not brave/stupid enough to go into the openings to find out if they are really connected. Reference the rattler pics.)
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...Waterfalls.jpg

I like this one because of how difficult it was to get him to sit still while I hovered above. I tried several times before I got a clear shot.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...e_9/Dragon.jpg

Slate,
Thanks for the nice photos! I looked for some ID on your Dragonfly, but all I found was this Image, detailing the wings;http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/image/45010551
Doug

What type of snake is in the first shot?

Don't come upon to many snakes where I fish. Mostly the harmless variety like gopher or ringneck snakes.

It was sunny here this weekend, I was wearing flip flops and short sleeves!

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Originally Posted by TyroneFly

What type of snake is in the first shot?

Don't come upon to many snakes where I fish. Mostly the harmless variety like gopher or ringneck snakes.

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It is a ringneck snake. I've never managed to see one in the wild.

Ed

edit: Actually, it might be a DeKay's snake, but I think that it is a ringneck. If we could see the lower half of the snake, it would help.

Ringneck Snake;http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DG
Doug

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Originally Posted by EdD

It is a ringneck snake. I've never managed to see one in the wild.

Ed

edit: Actually, it might be a DeKay's snake, but I think that it is a ringneck. If we could see the lower half of the snake, it would help.

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I thought that is what it was, but I could not tell from your picture. The ones I have seen have a bright orange band around their necks.

I thought it was a racer snake, but am not completely sure. I've only really taken the time to really learn the ones that can really cause me damage, copperhead and rattler in Pennsylvania.