Well, for one, i do have pictures, but my computer is being screwy and won't let me upload them to photobucket. But here is my account of todays outing.

It started out like a normal day cruising with my woman looking for some red tailed hawks. On one of the roads we were on, we passed by one of my trash sites so i decided to get out to take a look. Under the third piece of tin, i found the first speckled kingsnake i've seen since 2005, and of course the first one i've seen in my county. then, under a piece of ply wood, i found an orange striped ribbon snake, unfortunately it got injured in the ordeal. i didn't realize that there was a cinder block on part of the board, so when i lifted it, it pinned the ribbon snake. I was able to avoid further injury to it, and since i already stressed it out enough, i didn't hold onto it for pics. But i did get one shot of the small mouthed salamander next to it. I only took one shot because that poor guy dried out really fast and i didn't want to kill it trying to get better shots. Also at that same spot i found a few skinks and a box turtle. Also found a dead smooth earth snake under a board.

I then decided to drive way out to my other spot, which is conveniently placed on the corner of a major road. It is like an old abandoned gas station or something, but its got tons of tin and flippable stuff around it, and is far enough away from anything else that it has great potential. after searching vigorously, i was getting ready to give up when i saw a barely visible piece of tin under some grass. So i lifted it and kinda jumped to what i found. Possibly a breeding pair of yellow bellied racers. The smaller male took off to a nearby tin while the female just idly sat by. It was very docile for a racer and i was able to get several good shots of it. Then i went to get the male but he was a little hyped up so i left it alone. Also to note, there was a heavy growth of green onions right there, so it was quite fun looking through that to the smell of green onions. will be back there to hopefully get a prairie king... i want that trifecta this year!

Anyway, i hope to get those pics up soon.