I took this photo just after the snkae had finished off the copperhead. No doubt it was going to need to rest and digest for awhile.
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While helping out with a red wolf recovery project (photos to come later) we came across this timber rattlesnake basking in the late afternoon sun. I crawled out on the road to get this photo, making sure to stay back far enough that if it tried to strike me it wouldn’t be able to reach.
An adult copperhead rattlesnake found resting under some old, discarded plywood. Under the same bunch of plywood was a black racer and blue spotted salamanders.
This non-venomous snake was also basking on a gravel road. With a head-on-shot and small apeture (2.8) I was able to get just the face and surrounding gravel in focus with the remainder of the body out of focus and angling through the frame for a more intersting photo.
A pencil mouthed, blue belly, yellow finned, pelagic fish. Anyone know what this is?
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