“Spring has sprung! Birds are singing; wildflowers have emerged; and wildlife is awake—including snakes.
Watch your step! Be careful while you’re walking around and admiring all of the beautiful wildflowers during this robust season. You don’t want to trample the delicate flowers, and you don’t want to step on a snake.
It may seem a bit early, but there have been many recent reports of snake sightings along the trails. One came from my friend and working colleague, Debra Ann Mumm, founder and CEO of CREATE Center for the Arts. She recently encountered a very angry red diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) along the Randall Henderson Trail in Palm Desert. It seems the rattler was not willing to share the trail…”
