| One of my last two outings involved seeing a Red Milk Snake in the open (only the second live one ever that I've in the open rather than under cover) and four copperheads.
My last two outings:
Saturday May 5th Boone County 8:00PM to 9:45PM (walk and observe along bluffs with a flashlight while lifting some rocks):
Total:
4 Osage Copperheads (3 on the crawl, one under a rock)
3 Prairie Ringneck Snakes (2 on the crawl, one under a rock)
1 Red Milk Snake (out in the open on the side of a bluff near a seep)
1 Black Rat Snake (on the crawl)
Sunday May 6th Camden and Miller Counties 9:00AM to 3PM (glade herping)
4 Rough Earth Snakes
3 Western Ribbon Snakes
3 Rough Green Snakes
2 Speckled Kingsnakes
2 Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racers
2 Flatheaded Snakes
1 Eastern Narrowmouth Toad
Also:
TMTC Prairie Racerunners
Several Northern Fence Lizards
Several Three-Toed Box Turtles | 
