
IMG_9377_crop, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
I love the way these snakes flatten out their head, putting out their hood to make themselves look bigger.
I didn’t frighten this one enough to make it rollover on its back to play dead, which they do just like oppossums.
Hognose snakes love toads. Seeing this guy(or gal) makes me think that the toads must be out in full force.

Rattlesnake Massasauga
Originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
Here’s our yearly early springtime visit from one of Michigan’s species of special concern the massasauga rattlesnake. It’s good to see that a few are still surviving.
I’ve heard it said that these pit vipers may actually be able to “see” heat footprints of animals as they pass.