Hmmm. I don't think whatever this refers to made it to my inbox or to
the last digest. I found this interesting since my reference material
tells me copperheads don't like to live much west of Topeka. Sure
you've got the snake ID'd properly?
Chuck Norcutt
NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Way to go Robin . . . that is exactly what it is. A pit viper of the copper
> head variety.
> <snip> Driving along a back road in northern New Mexico enjoying
the wide open spaces which still had the remnants of the last snow
storm covering the ground, we approached a windmill and its watering
tank with a few head of cattle standing around. The light was nice and
the clouds were also great. I stopped the car, grabbed my OM 2S and
85mm f2 which was loaded with Tri-X and jumped out to go finish off the
last six frames. It was a little cool at 42 degrees and I left my
jacket in the car as I didn't figure I'd be there long. Walking toward
the fence across an area which was mostly covered with short dead grass,
I noticed something which seemed a bit out of place at the end of
November on a partially snow covered ground . . . it was a rather large
(for the species) copperhead stretched out soaking up the sun. Had I
not been looking (a habit I picked while growing up spending many hours
in the woods and along the rivers in and around central Texas) I surely
would have stepped on this one. When I squatted down and captured
its image, he obliged me by getting in the "if you get any closer big
boy I'm going to bite your ass" position. That made what I think could
be an interesting photo, assuming I got my exposure correct.
The part of this which interested me most, was the time of year and the
conditions in which I walked up on this snake.
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