Tag: gophersnake

This Is Why You Should Never Leave the House

A gophersnake patiently waits outside a rodent hole in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 30, 2024. Original: _A675628.ARW

We were in the backyard with Bear when my wife noticed this gophersnake in the green space below us. It was patiently waiting to introduce itself to its neighbor living in the hole and was still there much later when I went out to say hi to the tarantulas. The sun had already set when we first saw it, I leaned the lens on the fence but still not the sharpest of pictures.

📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm | Sony 1.4X
🗓️: June 30, 2024

Second Shift

A gopher snake is partially visible at the base of a bush on the Latigo Trail in McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, Arizona on August 5, 2021. Original: _RAC6220.ARW

With the sun sinking low late on a summer day I met one of the most beautiful desert residents, a gophersnake. Taken two years ago, still my only sighting of a living one. Given the hot weather I suspect as my day in the desert was ending it was just beginning for the snake, starting the hunt as the temperatures slowly fell.