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April is Rattlesnake Month, in Baja!

David K - 3-31-2007 at 10:55 AM

Ken's post of his driveway rattlesnake and the replies reminded me that if you want to see a rattlesnake in Baja, then APRIL is the month!

Be carefull!!!

April, 2003:
Mision Santa Maria...



Montevideo...



South of L.A. Bay...



April, 2004:
Parral Canyon...



April, 2005:
Arroyo Las Palmas (Squarecircle, Baja Angel, others looking at a rattler in a gully)...



[Edited on 3-31-2007 by David K]

Mexitron - 3-31-2007 at 01:36 PM

I've walked right over two of them in Baja--as pointed out by the person behind me--both times in April/May...fortunately they were in the shade and still kind of groggy! Both were Western Diamonbacks. The Red Diamondbacks are more aggressive and I might not have been so lucky.

DianaT - 3-31-2007 at 05:19 PM



:spingrin::spingrin:

pappy - 4-2-2007 at 09:16 AM

mexitron- i remember each one of those.one when we whre bush whacking on a side hill, the other when we were turning a corner starting up some switchbacks.there were two boulders and that big red beautiful thing was right there...