The babies are out...

[muddoc]

I was WRONG in my identification and didn't realize it until someone pointed it out to me on another forum.

THAT IS A BABY COPPERHEAD.

This was my first copperhead sighting in Pearl River Wildlife Management Area. I had assumed it was a cottonmouth at first...just because of the location I found it in. The thought of seeing a copperhead was the farthest thing from my mind. Overlooking the embarrassment of misidentifying a common snake....the fact that I get to add another species to my long list of animals I have seen in PRWMA is wonderful. I have been going out in the area for almost 7 years now and I still cant believe this is the first time I have seen a copperhead.

I was thinking Copperhead as well when I first looked at it, but I knew that as I scrolled through the pics, I would see one of the green tail. Make sure you get a tail shot of the next moccasin you see, as I have never seen a baby, and have only heard of the green tails.

There has only been one sighting of a Copperhead on my property as well, and it was by Sean while he was driving to my house. He stopped in the road, because it was crossing the street at dusk, asnd we couldn't find it again after he got me. I'll keep looking.

Grats on the new sighting at the PRWMA.