Rattlesnakes, as all snakes, are pretty cool. They can live 15-20 years. Most of their growth takes place in their early years. Some species get up to 8 ft long, others 2 ft. As they do get older & bigger they are not as aggressive & are easier to escape from. It’s the smaller ones that you have to watch out for. As usual numbers are declining due to habitat loss.
Lisa & Emil Superior On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 1:41 PM Joey Kellner <[email protected]> wrote: > I have encountered LITERALLY hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado and > perhaps another 100+ in Arizona. Some while driving and they're crossing > the road, a number while hiking in the field. Never had any issues or > problems with them. You see one, you can EASILY go around it or wait until > it leaves. There is NEVER any reason to kill one. > > Just another example of wildlife being wiped out by humans. > > Joey. > > Joey Kellner > Littleton, Colorado > > > > Y > > (oo) > > ) ) _ > > ( ( ( '< > > ) ) // ) > > ( ( / "" > > ) ) > > ( ( > > v > > > > On Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 12:10:15 PM UTC-6, kickback wrote: >> >> An interesting and successful morning: >> >> 1. Found two Dickcissels just off Hanover road where the Frost Ranch sign >> is. The birds were on the power lines that run to the south.along a ranch >> road >> >> 2. Saw rattlesnake previously reported by Cinnamon (it was big) >> >> 3. Got ranch hand to kill rattlesnake >> >> 4. Took more pictures of Dickcissel >> >> Bill Kosar >> >> El Paso county >> >> Colorado Springs >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6f00172e-ff9e-482d-a6b3-33ff4bce30cb%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6f00172e-ff9e-482d-a6b3-33ff4bce30cb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHkHN6Rg8kfk%3Dc2D1L7rrUd1XhEzFjg0e2bbV4JdSC5TGTeX9w%40mail.gmail.com.
