This is the first blacktail I found at one of my favorite spots in Yavapai county – a place that I didn’t even visit in 2013. This young molossus hiding under a rock was a bit difficult to photograph, but it was done.
There’s a big female in the area that I have seen a lot. I wonder if she’s mom? She has a route that she takes every morning in August, moving between the bushes coming from wherever she was all night. It’s become so regular that one morning, rather than go looking for her, I just sat on a rock and waited for her to come along. She did of course.
Tags: Blacktail, Blacktailed, Crotalus molossus, rattlesnake, Yavapai County
