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Appalachicola April, 27th 2006 Page. 2

 

I woke up early Sunday morning to try and get some scenery shots of Camel Lake before the fog had lifted.

Camel Lake at sunrise. Camel Lake with a bird taking flight.

An Alligator takes an early morning swim through the mist.

 

Once again John Ziegel brings breakfast to us.

John brewing some java We were'nt exactly roughing it:-)

 

 Chad and BW play Patty Cake in the woods………..aren’t they cute? LOL.

They look so happy  awwww

 

And finally misc. shots of snakes found by our group.

Scarlet Snake

Scarlet Snake

 

Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnakes are fairly common and I took pictures of a few different ones.

 Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake Dusky Pygmy

Dusky Pygmy Dusky Pygmy

 Dusky Pygmy

 

An area where Cottonmouhts are pretty abundant.

Cottonmouth Habitat

 

 

I never get tired of seeing Cottonmouths. It is amazing the abundance of this snake in the Florida Panhandle region.

Florida Cottonmouth Florida Cottonmouth

Florida Cottonmouth Florida Cottonmouth

 

BW Smith taking his turn photographing one of the Cottonmouths.

 BW Smith

 

A couple of Gray Ratsnakes that were found.

Gray Ratsnake Gray Ratsnake

Gray Ratsnake

 

A nice sized Garter Snake.

Garter Snake Garter Snake

 

A Red Bellied Watersnake that Doug Williams wrangled out of the swamp for us!

Red Bellied Watersnake

 

And last but not least……….I get a phone call from Dr. Bob 5 minutes after I left camp to head back home saying he found an Eastern Diamondback. It was crossing the road that I had just been on. He took some pics and emailed them to me later that day.

 Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

 

It was a long drive back home but well worth it.

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