My first season of Striped whipsnake surveys is nearly over! This has been a physically exhausting summer of hiking all over the channeled scablands of central Washington looking for these extremely rare and secretive snakes. There have been some upl
Fall den season is upon us! With the cooler nighttime temperatures setting in, snakes are on the move back to their winter hibernacula. Please take extra care to watch out for them on roads and trails during these next few weeks. This Great Basin rat
Happy World Snake Day! Snakes are gentle, ecologically and intrinsically important animals who are too often deeply misunderstood and persecuted by humans. I am lucky to spend most of my days in the company of these amazing creatures, doing my best t
It’s World Turtle Day!!! I have had the privilege of working for the conservation of Mojave desert tortoises this past spring and as the focus of my master’s thesis research. Here are some photos of this wonderful and extremely vulnerable
I found this sweet little juvenile wandering garter snake (T. e. vagrans) hanging out on some exposed roots above a fast-moving creek this summer. Garter snakes are always there for you in the PNW!
Last rattlesnake of the year was also my favorite wild snake, Scott the Northern pacific rattlesnake. This year we celebrated our 7 year anniversary of me stalking him and him politely tolerating it. He’s such a good snake and I feel lucky to h
Once upon a time @tyler_j_larsen and I set up a game camera on a rattlesnake nursery. Our tripod promptly blew over and we only got a handful of photos, but our camera managed to capture a really cool species interaction between an adult Desert strip
Feeling lucky to have happened upon a mama rattlesnake looking after her babies today. She was very skeptical of me but I never made her rattle which always feels like a victory. Gotta stay slow & low when photographing mothers and babies! It fee
Every day is #worldsnakeday in my book. I love these sweet, shy, misunderstood creatures more than just about anything and I hope this page has helped some people to feel the same way. I’m not the best snake ambassador out there but @snakeadvoc

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