MHS at Spuce Woods!

[Tim Cranwill]

The MHS had a trip out to Spruce Woods Provincial Park this weekend. 6 of us made it out for the camping/field herping portion and we had a great time!

Here are my shots that turned out ok...

1st two pics are some of the scenery where we started our hike on Saturday night....




A Leopard Frog:


Some very colorful caterpillars!


Wade surveying the land as a good master should!


One baby Skink...


Two baby Skinks...


The catch of the day: A Red Belly!


I still don't know how Wade spotted this one....


Such a cool snake! Gotta throw in a belly pic even if it's a bit out of focus.


A pretty, high-contrast Garter Rich found... and was musked on by.... a LOT!


Some type of yellow flower at sunset in the sand dunes at the end of day 1...


We had planned to wake up at 6:00am to do some herping but the rain gave us all an excuse to sleep in.

When we did hit the road we stopped a few places to look for Hognose Snakes but only found these:


Thanks to Kevin's locale info I managed to spot this guy:


He posed nicely for me... Smooth Green Snake.


Rich spotted the darker/greener of the two not far from where we found the first.


The trip was an absolute BLAST! It will definitely be an annual outing!

[Shawn(snakebite)]

Great piks , Tim. Makes me wish I would of tagged along.I have yet to find a green snake , but I found a redbelly about a week or so ago.Looks like you had a good one .....

[kaley]

Looks like it was a good trip - I'm jealous of all the neat critters you found!! Thanks for the pics!

Kaley

[joeysgreen]

wow, thanks! The ringneck and green snake are superb finds:)

Ian

[Tim Cranwill]

Thanks, everyone. If any of you out in Sask-land want to join us on these trips, you're more than welcome to.

We'll have another weekend like this planned next summer. I'll make sure to post the details on here. We'll do at least 1 Narcisse trip and a Spruce Woods trip as well. Both are worth the price of admission (free!).

[joeysgreen]

Thanks for the invite Tim, please give as much notice as possible so perhaps us Albertan's can make the treck as well

Ian