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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Big Oak Tree State Park
In the Great State of Missouri

Small, but packed with old-growth, including many state champion trees, Big Oak Tree State Park is worth a detour if you're ever coming up through Missouri's bootheel. For several reasons (wrong lens, bad photographer, etc.) I didn't get any really good pics of the fantastic trees.

Here's a consolation pic, though. Does anybody know whether this is a yellow-bellied water snake? (Note: yellow belly confirmed) Or what?
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2 comments:

  1. Tracie9:17 PM

    Although you couldn't (obviously) get a picture of the snake out of the water, it looks like a good candidate for a Yellow-Bellied Water Snake based on this page.

    http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/herpetol/snake/snake1.htm

    And that is a whole lot of duckweed in the water, was that some sort of pond?

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  2. Winston Smith12:32 PM

    Thanks, Tracie.

    It's a little swamp, actually. Big Oak Tree has a boardwalk that takes you over it.

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