Find the copperhead

[Rainman]

I've probably mentioned this before.
When we moved to Tucson, I would go jogging at sunset in the desert. It was beautiful to jog when the sun was going down.

Then a neighbor came up to me and told me it's not a good idea to jog at sundown. The desert comes alive when the sun sets. Over the 10 years we lived there, I saw lots of creepy creatures.

[89th]

Just left of that solo center leaf. Ridiculously hard to see.

[Rainman]

I see it!
Jolly is wrong, that puppy is 50 feet long at least!!

[Horace]

I wonder if they played with the colors in the photo a little.

[Jolly]

@Rainman said in Find the copperhead:

OK.
Jolly first, then Bach, Mik, then me.
Anyone else posts on this subject, they go before us.

Years ago, I took the wife turkey hunting. Turkey season is in the early spring, when all the critters are stirring. We found and tried to work one gobbler, but I couldn't get him in. I'm not great with a turkey call.

Alas, couldn't get another to answer, so we packed it in late morning. On the way out, I shot five or six cottonmouths. The wife was glad that the snakes weren't there when we went in, probably because of the cool morning.

She was shocked when I told her they were there, I just wasn't going to mess up a hunt by popping snakes.

She wouldn't go back turkey hunting...

[Jolly]

@89th said in Find the copperhead:

Just left of that solo center leaf. Ridiculously hard to see.

Correct.

[bachophile]

@89th said in Find the copperhead:

Just left of that solo center leaf. Ridiculously hard to see.

Yea 89th nailed it

After guessing wrong I googled and found it. Really impossible to see.

[Jolly]

@Horace said in Find the copperhead:

I wonder if they played with the colors in the photo a little.

Has some to do with the lighting, but when they're in brown leaves and pine straw, they're tough to pick out. Look for either the spade head or for the back markings.

[Rainman]

I'm never going outside again.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in Find the copperhead:

@89th said in Find the copperhead:

Just left of that solo center leaf. Ridiculously hard to see.

Correct.

Well, yes, that’s one...You didn’t find the second one?

[Rainman]

@LuFins-Dad
Bad back, bum leg.
I could still outrun all of you, even while screaming and hyperventilating.
And. . . I still don't see it.

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad thats one way to keep Karla busy!

[89th]

<insert “honey come find the snake” joke here>

Sorry; back to being a family friendly forum!

[George K]

I still don't see it.

Help?

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Find the copperhead:

@Jolly said in Find the copperhead:

@89th said in Find the copperhead:

Just left of that solo center leaf. Ridiculously hard to see.

Correct.

Well, yes, that’s one...You didn’t find the second one?

Not that I can find...

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Find the copperhead:

I still don't see it.

Help?

Just left of the center leaf. Zoom in a bit and look for the back markings.

[mark]

Very small snake, unless the leaves are huge! lol

[Jolly]

Unless he bites you.

Then, he gets much bigger...

[Axtremus]

Even with 89th's answer, I still had to rotate the picture 90 degrees counterclockwise before my eyes could detect the copperhead's pattern.

[kluurs]