Butlers!! again.....

[anji1971]

Today I went on a nature hike. Just a block over from me are railroad tracks, with a small naturalized area on either side. I took the kids, and their friends, and we strolled through the part that is normally overgrown with reeds and grasses much too tall to get through.
We saw a squirm, I grabbed it, and astoundingly, it was a beautiful Butler's garter. Few minutes down, we nabbed another, this one with a fabulous orange tone on the face and neck!
These guys are endangered, so how come I find them everytime I catch a snake in the last couple seasons??? It just kills me to not be allowed to keep them!!!
I now have a new population of Butlers to report to the local nature center.
I forgot to upload the pics, so I'll post again with those in a few............

[adamanteus]

Yeah, come on Anji, we need pictures of that!

[Stefan-A]

These guys are endangered, so how come I find them everytime I catch a snake in the last couple seasons???

Because you're lucky.

[guidofatherof5]

Great find, Angi.
Looking forward to seeing the pictures.

[anji1971]

You may have to wait.......I think my conversion program screwed up. Think they're too big. Or maybe I need more room in my gallery.
Hold on, I'll check.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Good finds!!! i can't wait for my first snake of the season. I really hope it won't be dying, like last year's first snake (a garter dieing of MASSIVE internal blockage)

I went herping for the first time today. I found... some rocks, and some logs. but I was still so happy to be back outside in my element!!

[anji1971]

Okay, this is what I get when I try to process my uploaded pics.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 3200 bytes) in /home/tham/public_html/thamphotos/image-inc.php on line 135

HELP!!

[anji1971]

Good finds!!! i can't wait for my first snake of the season. I really hope it won't be dying, like last year's first snake (a garter dieing of MASSIVE internal blockage)

I went herping for the first time today. I found... some rocks, and some logs. but I was still so happy to be back outside in my element!!

Actually, aside from the snakes (we did see a couple regular Eastern garters too), we also found a skunk ambling along the edge of the underbrush. She didn't seem to care at all that we were trekking through her yard!

[guidofatherof5]

Okay, this is what I get when I try to process my uploaded pics.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 3200 bytes) in /home/tham/public_html/thamphotos/image-inc.php on line 135

HELP!!

Do a shutdown and restart. In technical terms, you computer may have "lost it's way home to mommy" Have you filled your gallery? You might be out of space.

[anji1971]

I did just delete a few from the gallery. I'll try a restart, see if it makes a change. I want you guys to see these darned pictures!