8/9- No major finds. Went into Mexico then was detained for about an hour coming back into US, because my girlfriend's son has a different last name and the Customns agent had a chip on his shoulder.

8/10- flew from Tucson back to Missouri.

Trip totals

Snakes seen:
Western Diamondbacks-7
Mojave Rattlers (lifelister) - 5
Checkered Garter- 1
Blacktail Rattlesnake (lifer)- 1

DORs
diamondback-2
mojave-2
checkered garter-1
painted desert/arizona glossy (intergrade)-1 (lifer if I included DORs)

Other extra cool sightings

Reticulate Gila monster-1 (lifer)
Desert Tortoise -1 (lifer)
California Condor -1 (lifer/reintroduced in Grand canyon NP)

other lifelisters

Green Toad

Desert Box Turtle

Yarrow's Spiny Lizard
Whiptail Lizard
Zebra-tailed Lizard
Mountain Short Horned Lizard

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat

Scotts Oriole
Blue Throated Hummingbird
Mexican Spotted Owl
Pyrroxulia
Black Chinned Hummingbird
Sulfur-Bellied Flycatcher
Acorn Woodpecker
Bridled Titmouse
Gambel's Quail

And I am sure there were other lifelist birds and lizards but those are off the top of my head.

All in all, a great trip...sorry no photos on these reports.

8/9--Back in the Tucson area, Rachel and I got to see a nice 4 foot Sonoran Gopher Snake. The snake hissed at me when I approached. Nearby we also hiked and saw a dead Western Diamondback near the trail. It wasn't clear what had killed it. Downtown Tucson received 3.37 inches of rain that day and we got rained out of our nighttime road cruise as virtually every road we attempted was closed because of flooding. We turned around at a raging river across theroad on one road.

8/10--Sigh..Time to leave. Too beautiful of country and too much great herps and other animals to see and I wish I could have stayed for a month...

My trip total for live snakes:

6 Mojave Rattlesnakes (lifer)
3 Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes
2 Northern Blacktail Rattlesnakes
1 Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
1 Sonoran Whipsnake (lifer)
1 Sonoran Gopher Snake (lifer)

My DOR total:

4 Mojave Rattlesnakes
2 Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes
1 Checkered Garter Snake

Our family live snake total:

11 Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes
10 Mojave Rattlesnakes
2 Blacktail Rattlesnakes
1 Arizona Black Rattlesnake
1 Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
1 Green Rat Snake
1 Sonoran Whipsnake
1 Checkered Garter Snake
1 Sonoran Gopher Snake
1 Great Basin Gopher Snake (my parents saw this en route to AZ)

add a Reticulated Gila Monster to that group of snakes and we fared very well as a group even if we did strike out on the three montane rattlesnake species (Ridgenose, Rock and Twin-Spotted Rattlesnakes eluded our entire party).

Our family live snake total:

11 Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes
10 Mojave Rattlesnakes
2 Blacktail Rattlesnakes
1 Arizona Black Rattlesnake
1 Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
1 Green Rat Snake
1 Sonoran Whipsnake
1 Checkered Garter Snake
1 Intergrade Red/Lined Coachwhip Snake
1 Sonoran Gopher Snake
1 Great Basin Gopher Snake

I'll post some pictures of the last part of the trip soon.

My totals are accurate though.