Copperheads in Emerald City

Post by KD » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:12 pm

count me in - never have or will bash a snake

Post by **Lander** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:36 pm

KD wrote:count me in - never have or will bash a snake

Me neither. BTW, this thread is mis-named. The place you saw the copperheads is called Global Village. It's part of the Lady Sipper cliff line. Emerald City is the part closer to the road.

Post by **weber** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:54 pm

krampus wrote:on second thought, what we saw was not a timber rattler, I assumed it was cus I thought that was the only type in kentucky, and its the only one I ever saw. What we saw was very thick, probably between 5 and 6 feet and bright yellow on top and black on the bottom, scared the bejeezus out of me for sure.

Yellow on top, black on the bottom? Wow, nothing like that in our books. Could it have been vice versa? Black top; yellow bottom. If so, this guy is a long way from home.

Post by **pkananen** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:00 pm

I also wonder what it may have been...

Last time at Solarium I saw a 6 foot Black Racer and a Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides) - I've never see one in the wild before, it was awesome!

Post by **krampus** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:00 pm

I found this on google but its definitly what we saw, the eastern timber rattler

Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:10 pm

I almost stepped on one of those walking around Majors Pinnacle a few years ago Krampus.
A friend got a few pictures.
I didn't go back to look at it.

Post by **captain static** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:11 pm

I too have seen a timber rattler on the PMRP. Where I used to work in Virginia they were about as thick as copperheads are here.

Post by **bcombs** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:33 pm

A timber rattler is almost always at Purple valley in the log at the base of that 5.10 no-one does because it has no anchors. It's just to the right of where you would belay. My dog played with it for a minute or two before i figured out what was happening. She was sticking her head in the log then jerking it out as this thing was stricking at her. Stupid dog....

They aren't as loud as the rattlers out west, but in a log it sounded pretty fierce.

Post by KD » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:40 pm

i was surprised at the sound they made out west. it was more of a loud buzz that a rattle noise. do the eastern ones sound like that too?

Post by **rhunt** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:35 pm

I saw a timber rattler on the auxier ridge trail - coolest snake encounter yet, beautiful snakes.