Patrick, My best guess is a Sonoran gopher snake. They can mimic the tail rattling of rattlesnakes but are non-venomous. http://nmherpsociety.org/reptiles/snakes/pituophiscateniferaffinis/index.html
Surprised the Rio Grande is that high! john (down here in Silver City) On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 5:08:33 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I photographically cut the head off this big rattler -- I assume it's a > rattler; I know nothing about snakes. I pulled off Corrales road onto the > adjacent ditch road and slammed on the brakes, as this bigfella was slowly > crossing in front of me. I courteously insisted he go first. > > 4' long. > > With exceptionally generous rain -- for a city that gets an east-to-west > average of 9"/year -- the river was running at 2X its normal flow -- this > was 2 weeks ago; maybe more now; and this is before the snowmelt runoff. > Flooding in the lowlying areas adjacent to the river as I road a nice 23 > mile out 'n' back along the Corrales acequia roads. > > Patrick Moore, in balmy but windy ABQ, NM > > -- > > > > > *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > > > > *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And > though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the > hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* > --- J.R.R. Tolkien > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching > Other professional writing services > Expensive! But good. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d4217a2-c650-4449-931c-e3673dc1ba78%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
