Es ist Frühling und passend dazu habe ich ein Blumenmakro in schwarz/weiß für Euch :-)

On the night of December 27th i really wanted to do a night hike somewhere but it rained most of the day and into the night. This was going to be my last night on the Osa Peninsula before we drove NW the next day and I really wanted to find at least one more lifer reptile or amphibian but especially a snake.

My son and I didn't leave till quite a while after dark and it was still raining. I decided to drive north to see if we could at least find something on the road and maybe the rain would stop so we could go on a hike. Not long after leaving my son fell asleep so I decided to drive the very potholed and bumpy road very slowly and shine my flashlight on the foliage and trees out my window and see if I couldn't spot a frog, lizard or snake that way. The rain stopped and I was really hopeful. I drove north for quite a while and flipped around to head back south towards our rental. As I got closer to our rental and passed near a small lagoon I increased my concentration hoping to see something before maybe heading further south on the peninsula. It wasn't long after I increased my concentration that I spotted the familiar form of a snake stretched out in some branches off the side of the road in my flashlight beam. I stopped, put the car in park and got out to see if this was a figment of my imagination or not. Luckily this wasn't a figment of my imagination instead it was one of the snakes I really wanted to see on this trip. The pacific Tree Boa. It was likely out hunting for sleeping basilisk lizards or other lizards. My son was too tired to wake up and see the snake so i took some GPS coordinates of where it was found and bagged it up to show my family the next day with a plan to release it on our way north exactly where found. I was elated to find this wonderful snake and really wanted to share that find with my family.

Here are 3 photos of it.

1. As seen from the car at distance.

2. A little closer when I got out of the car to check it out.

3. A photo of it overlooking the beach at our rental property. This habitat is not too different from where it was found down the road. I released it where found on our way to our next destination.

Taken during the spring melt.

Sparrows, seen in my garden - Enjoy! :-)))

Subject Distance - 15.525 m

Olympus E-M1X

OM 150-400mm F4.5 TC

/edited to taste

A walk through Salal and old growth forest in the Olympic National Park.