Spring time in Baja Arizona.

[Ptah]

I saw a diamondback today.
A juvenile, about two-and-one-half feet long,
about as big around as an Eisenhower silver dollar.
That is all.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Ptah!

Well, that's a pretty good-sized snake, juvenile or otherwise...

Be careful, OK?

[Ptah]

2. Snakes frighten me. I'm very careful not to frighten them.

[Kali]

9. oops replied in the wrong place, sorry Peggy

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. My neigbhor down the street pulled a 7 footer out of his garage yesterday

took it way out in the wash and let it go.

need to do my snake proofing tomorrow.

[Ptah]

4. They're on the move. Maybe there's a sale on mongooses at the pet store.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. pretty sure that only works on Cobras

[Downwinder]

6. A king or a bull snake are handy to have around.

[Yavapai]

7. Unless they are found right next to my house,

I leave them alone. We live in an extremal rural area, and I figure we live in their neighborhood. We have both Arizona black rattlesnakes and Mojave green rattlesnakes here. Besides, they help keep the rat population down.

[JayhawkSD]

8. I went to high school in Arizona

My job was snake patrol. Just before grade school recess, two other guys and I would go out to the playground and remove any rattlesnakes which were in the play area or close enough to enter the play area during recess. We didn't kill them; would pick them up and take them a couple hundred yards off into the desert and dump them. Once we gave the all clear, the bell would would ring and they's turn the grade school kids loose.

[Kali]

10. where?

I haven't seen any yet, but it is time and they tend to be hungry and aggressive this time of year. Lots of lizards in the yard and corral already.

[Ptah]

11. Half way across the Playa, on Railroad Avenue.

[Kali]

12. that is a great shot

is there still water out there? wow, that was a good rain back whenever it was
30% chance on Saturday!

[Ptah]

13. That pic was months ago

It's more like this now: