This is one of just a handful of young snakes we found on a hot, dry June evening West of Phoenix. While I don’t normally go looking for these guys in the driest parts of the year, I had a friend in town and it seemed possible to see something … and if you only go out when success is certain, you never learn anything.
Mojave Rattlesnake
Tags: Crotalus, june, mojave rattlesnake, scutulatus
Fantastic shot as usual! We missed you in the Preserve on Saturday night. Not too much action but it was a great hike. I just need to practice shooting with flash 🙂