Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus)

Created: February 23rd, 2015 - 02:37 PM
Last Modified: February 27th, 2015 - 06:02 PM Entered by: Alan St. John
Record 216495

Country: United States		State: Washington	County: Klickitat County	Time: 2011-10-02 14:00:00
Qty: 2	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Oak/pine woodlands in rocky side canyon.
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 72.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Overcast		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 400.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Despite overcast weather, it was warm enough for several rattlesnakes to be out basking at this den site in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, near Lyle.

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Comments

Posted by Alan St. John on Feb 23, 2015 at 04:10 PM

I meant to include that rather vague locality data in the "notes" section. It provides readers with a generalized geographic idea of where the rattlers were seen, without being too specific. There are a zillion rocky side canyons in the huge Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area. So nobody's going to be able to find this den site without the name of that particular tributary drainage. The town of Lyle is actually several miles distant from this location.

Posted by Nate Nazdrowicz on Feb 23, 2015 at 03:49 PM

Hi Alan, just in case there was some confusion, the "Notes" section is viewable by the public. If you put the locality info into the "Locality" box, the public cant see it.