So, I’m tripping down my favourite Coyote Road, right, admiring the black choke cherries and paying way too much attention to a hawk that’s taking a vole home and is getting harried by some kestrels on the way, when I run into heavy traffic …
Sheesh!
I wished him good hunting and went on my way in this game I play, to leave the house and wander around and then come back. That was my morning. What was your commute like?
Categories: Grasslands, Nature Photography, Other People
Okanagan Okanogan 
What a beauty! When we visit deserts I am always looking for snakes – don’t often see them.
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They are very private.
Not this guy, though!
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He’s beautiful, Harold! Yes, would make me jump at first too, but probably curiosity would get the best of me, too… Thanks for sharing…
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Yeah, I actually came on him from downhill, with bad visibility, as the coyotes like to wind through the bushes on their trail, so I came on him very quickly! “Whoa!” I called out. “What are you doing here?” And he likely thought the same darned thing!
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I hope that chap blocking the highway isn’t a rattlesnake? He has an intelligent sort of expression, but that might not matter if he felt threatened. Wear sturdy hiking boots!
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Not to worry. It’s a bull snake. His ancestors put a lot of effort into looking like a rattlesnake. When frightened he freezes. When REALLY frightened, he hisses, and it sounds a bit like a rattlesnake. Then he’d do a sidewinding little dance to really fool you. But don’t be fooled. It’s just the biggest bull snake I’ve seen since 1977.
And, yes, I wear sturdy boots. Rattlesnakes aren’t a big problem. They can only strike a foot or two. But there aren’t many left. People get it into their heads to kill them. Thanks for your concern!
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