Today, I went to Banning State Park with a couple of the interns. We did the Quarry Loop Trail which is about a 2 mile walk. Along the trail are remnants of buildings that were built when there was a quarry. The sandstone found in the area was chiseled down into blocks for buildings.
 |
| Kettle River |
 |
| Ring Neck Snake |
While we were walking, we came across a snake. I am not a huge fan of snakes usually but this guy was really still and let us take a bunch of pictures. I had not seen one of these in the wild before but the yellow band around the neck made it easy to identify. When I got home, the geek in me looked up some information about the species. This non-venomous snake is found in wet forests along the eastern border of Minnesota. It also turns out that these snakes are usually nocturnal. I guess that explains why the guy was a bit slow on moving! It also means that I was lucky to have spotted one in the wild!!
No comments:
Post a Comment