The cool air made it a little surpirsing to see such a variety of animals in Corrales today. It was almost jacket weather again. But of course this will not last. The moisture in the east of the country will not help us much, of course.
It was hard to get this guys nose in the picture, but you can just make out the little upturned shovel that makes this stout fellow a hognose snake.
It was hard to get this guys nose in the picture, but you can just make out the little upturned shovel that makes this stout fellow a hognose snake.
There are much fewer midges and small winged beasties around, but that didn't stop this spindly cellar spider from coming out. This family has very small fangs, but a impressive venom load. They are famously docile however and their fangs are way too short to affect humans.
The same applies to this hognose. Notice no rattles or zebra stripes on the tail. Also, almost no movement when approached. These guys are very chill, but I as a rule do not handle snakes. Who wants to have to explain that he mis-identified a snake to hospital staff?
Hognoses are specialist toad eaters and they were following the scent of these guys who are currently hiding in nearby gopher holes. A little too big and fast for most of the hognoses, but they must be releasing eggs and hatching toadlets somewhere.
there is a sudden appearance of these snowy egrets. We watched one at Valley del Oro. It seems to be a crayfish and amphibian hunter. While back at Corrales we watched 2 migrating flocks fly past, they definitely seems to be visiting the area for a while. They have yellow feet.
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