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Joshua Tree National Park Trails, CA
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Joshua Tree National Park TrailsInland, CA
Joshua Tree National Park Trails
Inland, CA
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I was supposed to go to Houston to meet a friend this weekend and teach her how to go herping, but she went to Egypt this month for business, so I decided to go to Joshua Tree on Monday. Had an awesome time at JTNP! Saw 11th snakes and got my 100th snake of the year. :y: I spent exactly 26 hours in and near the park. The park was relatively empty.

The highlight of the trip was seeing a pocket gopher. The first pocket gopher that I saw in March was super mellow and let me photograph him up close. This pocket gopher was not so mellow. I saw him while I was hiking and ran after it. When I caught up to it, he turned on me and started chasing me. He attacked my feet, but pocket gophers are slow, so it was easy to dodge him. He hissed and chirped but then mellowed out. After I was done with him. He began to follow me like a lost puppy. If I walked left, he walked left. If I turned right, he turned right. He stopped when I stopped and even walked backwards as if doing the moonwalk. I then ran and he did not or could not keep up.

I saw 4 shovel-nosed snakes, which was weird because I don't see them too often. The lyresnake was cool too and easy to photograph and pose. I also saw my first glossy snake.

This was one of my better trips to the park, even though I didn't see any sidewinders. I wasn't sure how it would turn out but it seem to turn out well. The temps at Joshua Tree seem to be cooler than usual, but the temps were just right when I was there.
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[ checklist ]  Black Tailed Gnatcatcher  Black Widow Spider  Botta's pocket gopher  Chuckwalla  Common Kingsnake - California  Common Raven  Common side-blotched lizard  Glossy snake  Harris Antelope Squirrel  House Finch  Jack Rabbit  Long-nosed Leopard Lizard  Long-nosed snake  Pacific-Slope Flycatcher  Shovel-nosed snake  Sonoran Lyresnake  Speckled Rattlesnake  Zebra-tailed lizard
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[ checklist ]  Quartz
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