The Timber Rattlesnake’s range extends from New York and down south into the northern part of Florida, including the Okefenokee Swamp. Today’s post features a find outside the Okefenokee from up in Walton County, Georgia between Atlanta and Augusta.
An animal control co-worker texted me after-hours and said, “I’ve got one for you!” Along with that text came a photo of a nice sized Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, in a five-gallon bucket. The dark, v-shaped chevron patterns ran in regular intervals down his body while an orangish stripe ran along his spine, head to (almost) tail. And at the end of his black-tipped tail were six rattles.
He was picked up on a rural farm property in Walton County, not too far from a recent clear-cut of several hundred acres. No doubt the logging activity drove him out towards human habitations. After some photography and a short video, for which it put on a nice show, I released him in a forested area not too far from where he was originally picked up.
iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45282441
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 
Will, loved this post and video! When I posted what I thought was a humorous poem and a photo of a snake, I got only one comment, and that comment was that they were now even more afraid of snakes!
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Nice William! I like seeing images of snakes, but do not usually like coming upon one when out photographing.😊
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