Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus)
Created: August 13th, 2009 - 12:45 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 27899
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 27899
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Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Shasta County |
Time: 2009-08-13 08:15:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Visual encounter |
Habitat: Rock Pile near bushes, near seasonally dry creek. |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: ----- |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: Clear |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: 553.10ft |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
Snake was out when encountered. I was apparently between snake and rock it lives under, it headed for bushes and then crawled through bushes to get to rock it then hid under.
Unfortunately camera autofocus did not want to cooperate, no manual focus override.
Video footage exists:
http://www.shastaherps.org/media/dnl/167-rattlesnake-sd.mp4
Update Nov 13 2009: Updated elevation via GPSVisualizer
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