PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Massasauga

This massasauga rattlesnake was minding his own business along a country road west of Hamilton, Kansas. I wish I’d annoyed him enough to get him into a coiled, read-to-strike position, but he was just warming up on a long overdue sunny day. I sure wouldn’t want anybody hassling me at at time like that.

Massasauga
It's best to decline a snapper's invitation to join in the swim. -found in a small creek in south Lyon County, KS