This past week has been the hottest days of the year for central Oregon. On one of the hottest days (a new record was set with a high temperature of 102), I packed up my saddlebags, hopped on the bicycle and headed to the ponds six miles north of town.
I normally see a wide variety of dragonflies, birds and on rare occasions, other critters.
As I walked the perimeter of the pond, stopping now and then to image something, I noticed something in the distance which my brain couldn’t reconcile.
As I got closer, I realized it was a Common Garter Snake cooling off in the water. It’s head was poking through the surface scum on the pond with the rest of its body well out of the sun.
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