Ruddock Reptiles - The Field Herping Diary » field herp http://www.ruddockreptiles.com/fieldblog Entries from the Field with Ruddock Reptiles Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:43:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Herping 09-28-09 http://www.ruddockreptiles.com/fieldblog/2010/08/03/herping-09-28-09/ http://www.ruddockreptiles.com/fieldblog/2010/08/03/herping-09-28-09/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:09:16 +0000 admin http://www.ruddockreptiles.com/fieldblog/?p=7 Well I (Payton) finally got around to editing the photos (quick run through Lightroom® for contrast and vignette boost) from last weekend and thought I’d throw them up.

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It was a relatively mundane trip out to Lick Creek as I got out a little late and it was already warming up for the day.  I did, however, end up running into a nice little surprise!  This is only my second Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) ever, and the first one I’ve ever been able to capture while it was gaping that beautiful white mouth at me!

I walked up on this little guy while I was walking a dried up creek bed and he couldn’t have been calmer.  You’ve got to love the awful reputation they get because of that defensive open mouth display.

Anyways, the rest of the day consisted of a few different species of frog and plenty of Common Ground Skinks.  I’m hoping to get out a few times this week and will hopefully have more photos and video to go along with it.  Enjoy!

            ~Payton

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