Snake Road is comparable in the spring and has fewer people then. The difference from my experience is that the fall is more consistent and the spring can be more extreme in successes and failures. If its bad weather in the fall you still see snakes because they have to get to their dens and they ain't stopping for rain or cold. In the spring if the weather is bad the snakes are mostly still near their dens and will tuck in and wait it out. On the flip side if it is 70 degrees and sunny in the early spring the bluffs are a bonanza of basking snakes. My best day ever there was a day in March of 04 when I saw 57 snakes including 3 timbers and 30 or so cottonmouths. Ryan was also there that day and saw 74 snakes.

Warren, with all the herpers you met this weekend, I dont know if you'll remember me (I was there when you found the yellowbelly basking near that log), but it was nice meeting you. Kieth, I wonder if this weekend would be the best one yet. It has been theorized by some that the main migration hasnt even begun yet. This makes sense to me for two reasons. 1.) I didnt see many snakes at all along the bluffs this past weekend. Most densites that had many snakes in or near them last year were empty this year. 2.) Except for one night last week, these past 3 days have been the first cold snap of the year. The warm days of this weekend would surely get the snake moving. If I had it to do over again, I would have waited until this coming weekend to go. I hope somebody gets down there this weekend because I would love to know how the snakes moved.

Sounds like a good day, thats cool that the same snake I might have found is still around. Dan

Lucky dog. It's been a bad year for me and snakes... (I don't count the black racers in my parents yard... they're just landscape features.) The only snakes I've seen have all been dead on the road ~all year !! My fiancee, however, has been making all kinds of sightings at work... eastern coachwhips, indigos, rough green snakes, yellow and red rats... not nearly in the numbers you're talking about, but at least he's seeing them. Of course with two little ones it's kinda hard to get out and go looking for any... one of these days...