Spring Sightings

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

omg dude, we arent trying to school anyone we are just saying that what you are claiming is not absolute in totality, meaning its not set in stone, i have seen SIMILAR, not exact, SIMILAR garters that have markings SIMILAR to chicagos, they are part of the sirtalis family, you will find similar snakes every once in a while

yes, similar! that's the whole point! You can see that they are SIMILAR, they are both brown... they both have lateral stripes, some checkers... but they are not the same and the inexperienced are the ones who get them confused. Much like t.s. sirtalis "florida blue" and t.s.similis. Similis are actually named that because they bear a striking resemblance to the blustriped ribbon snake. But they also bear resemblance to the blue easterns that dwell in that area and I see so many snakes incorrectly labeled as similis it makes my head spin! Once you get to know them you clearly see they are nothing alike, and you wonder how people don't see it, because it's so obvious! But at first, even I had trouble distinguishing the two.

[Chulio]

I noticed the picture of the Chicago said it was western Racine county.
I could throw a rock from my Milwaukee county back yard and it would land in Racine county. My wife of 24 years was killed by a drunk driver in Racine county while riding her bike last year.

I may have seen Chicago Garters in the past though. There is a rock area next to the wetland behind my home and I saw some that look like that.
I will take some pictures when they appear in the near future.

I learned more about Garters in this thread than I knew before, thanks everyone.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I noticed the picture of the Chicago said it was western Racine county.
I could throw a rock from my Milwaukee county back yard and it would land in Racine county. My wife of 24 years was killed by a drunk driver in Racine county while riding her bike last year.

I may have seen Chicago Garters in the past though. There is a rock area next to the wetland behind my home and I saw some that look like that.
I will take some pictures when they appear in the near future.

I learned more about Garters in this thread than I knew before, thanks everyone.

that is just horrible. I'm so sorry.

[Chulio]

Thanks everybody.
Today was the the first day of the trial and the person plead guilty to homicide by reckless use of a motor vehicle.
I can relax a little now.

[jitami]

My wife of 24 years was killed by a drunk driver in Racine county while riding her bike last year.

Ugh... I am so very sorry... I can't even imagine how difficult that would be. My sincere condolences to you and your family.

[ConcinusMan]

That's alright. He doesn't have to agree. He's entitled to his opinion. I don't want this to turn into an argument so I'll leave it alone with what I have already stated.

We're off topic anyway. Now if the weather would cooperate, we could get this thread going in the right direction.

[Faunaofthenorth]

i kno, its 57 here and yet still a little snow and cloudy a yucky day and raining

[ConcinusMan]

Not too bad today. It's partly sunny and definitely warming up.

[Faunaofthenorth]

kool thats good

[Stefan-A]

Sorry to hear about your wife, Chulio.