thats right....a lil' garter snake in sunny Corvallis Oregon....got some good pics of the lil yellow striped male.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215551_10150160703743886_631453885_6641669_2452949_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/216235_10150160703843886_631453885_6641672_7491428_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/216119_10150160703948886_631453885_6641675_7271257_n.jpg

Luv this head shot...
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/216442_10150160704083886_631453885_6641677_1223008_n.jpg

Great looking garter! I'm ready to get out and find some myself

yeah..you got better ones then we do...mostly yellow striped..some places have red...i did see a blue striped one...hope that one comes back :)

He is gorgeous.

Dan

Great find and very nice pics of the garter too.
John

Nice find.

Don'tcha love the way they flatten out and try to be bad? :D

Great shots :yes:

found more today....one is a blue color, like this one alot!!!
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/224681_10150173183248886_631453885_6743395_5982027_n.jpg

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/224052_10150173184458886_631453885_6743408_612834_n.jpg

What a humungous find

That's a pretty one!!!! Very nice!

what a pretty blue one

Real nice finds for so early in the season.

those are Thamnophis ordinoides you are finding...and that blue one is KILLER!