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Great day herping!

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Found my new favorite place :) Yellow Banks park just east of Des Moines. Found a small ditch littered with limestone and other flat rocks. Within 10 minutes I found a 12" ringneck snake (Beautiful snake with a slate body and bright yellow ring/belly) and a 30" fox snake. Well....he found me. Flipping rocks, he gave me the ol' "I'm a rattlesnake" act right if front of my face. Went back an hour later....heat came up about 10*....found another ringneck and two large garters. All in all a good day for and hour or so of work!
 
Hey, I feel cheated. I need to see pictures. :) Just joking with you. But I really would like to see pictures. You see last fall was my first time at field herping. The FIRST flat rock I turned over had a red milk snake under it. You can imagine what I was thinking: Man this is too easy. Yeah right. Three hours and a broken back later, nothing else. In fact, I've only seen one other snake that wasn't on the road. I had great beginner's luck.
 
ya.....just me the wife and the kids....no camera :( I went back later with a camera and found the garter's. Nothing I was willing to take too many pics of :p If it doesn't storm tomorrow, I'm going back and I'll get some good pics.
 
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