tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859716202740677351.post5664661944496485760..comments2023-10-23T23:18:42.423-07:00Comments on Art and Other Adventures with Narca: Waiting for the Short-tailsNarca Moore-Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10177549469841414738noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859716202740677351.post-80713929087160926872010-07-19T08:34:18.622-07:002010-07-19T08:34:18.622-07:00Hi Renata! I wasn't as close as it appears––th...Hi Renata! I wasn't as close as it appears––that's the joy of an 18x zoom. It was also much smaller than the close crop makes it appear, maybe 15-18" long. Twin-spots are a very small species, so as small as this one was, it was still a giant among its fellows.Narca Moore-Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10177549469841414738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859716202740677351.post-29374373427213109862010-07-19T08:12:43.806-07:002010-07-19T08:12:43.806-07:00Best of luck seeing one!
Another friend, Pete, j...Best of luck seeing one! <br /><br />Another friend, Pete, just emailed about it. Here's the gist of my reply to him: Twin-spots are harder to find than Black Rails. Last year we were lucky when one crossed the main road from Portal a ways below Onion Saddle, but otherwise I've only found them in Mexico--once in the Thick-billed Parrot reserve near Madera; once heaven-knows-where in the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua, when Noel took us on a wild ride looking for parrots (6 days of fording rivers and only driving the 4-Runner in 4WD!).Narca Moore-Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10177549469841414738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859716202740677351.post-88855752983461452842010-07-19T08:09:43.453-07:002010-07-19T08:09:43.453-07:00Interesting rattlesnake - I was unfamiliar with th...Interesting rattlesnake - I was unfamiliar with this species. Thanks for posting - but from the look of the photo, you got awfully close . . .Renatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08612289947788255166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859716202740677351.post-89259475268808875332010-07-19T08:02:03.189-07:002010-07-19T08:02:03.189-07:00What a gorgeous snake! We've yet to see one b...What a gorgeous snake! We've yet to see one but thought that we heard one near Barfoot once. Maybe during our August visit.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03636584025363632562noreply@blogger.com