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by Lucky » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:39 am
Just a heads up, last Thursday I saw a 4 foot Diamond Back on the way to Merced Lake, about 1/4 mile east of LYV BP camp. He was on the trail and gave a hard rattle as I got within ten feet. Tried to get some pics but he moved quickly into vegitation. About 10 minutes later I spoke to some BP'rs heading west on the same trail. They came across a smaller Diamond Back the previous day closer to Moraine Dome.
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by AlmostThere » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:29 am
I doubt it was a diamondback, as those are desert rattlers, but I don't doubt it was a rattlesnake - there are a lot of them out right now, we were taking pictures of them on the chilnualna falls trail and saw them along the panorama as well.
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by bill-e-g » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:35 am
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
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by AlmostThere » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:59 am
Northern Pacific:
vs. the actual diamondback:
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