Re: Being a resident Floridaian and have spent alot of time in the field, >>

Posted by ExtemeBCI on April 14, 2002 at 17:44:55:

In Reply to: Re: Being a resident Floridaian and have spent alot of time in the field, >> posted by Dwight Sayers on April 07, 2002 at 11:10:10:

I'm from Hillsborough county myself and I've caught one last year around this time. I was looking for corn snake near a local dump. I couldn't find anything and I was just about to go home and I saw a pile of carpet. I dug through the carpet and it shot out of the carpet. I dove for it and caught it by the tail. I didn't know what it was and I took it home. I showed it to a friend and it was identified as a indigo. Pretty cool! Of course, I set it free where I found it.

: : my observations of indigos in Hillsborough County for about 30 years that I have seen pairs of indigos breeding as early as Thanksgiving and as late as March. I have also seen females full of eggs as early as February and as late as May. It appears to me that the most common association I have of indigos in Hillsborough county is water. While they seem to shun swamps, the seem most prevelant along high bank rivers with lots of root systems. On sveral occasions I have seen them, both young and adults coming out of gopher holes or root systems along the local rivers.
: ***************************************************Intersting note: I saw a few using holes that would be about the size of crab or muskrat holes!?. These holes were on the side of river/stream banks. This was south of Miami in 1981. Would love to hear some more of your experiences in Hillsborough County, please. Question, is their a town in Fla. called Utopia, if so where is it?? Re post from earlier on.

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: I'm from Hillsborough county myself and I've caught one last year around this time. I was looking for corn snake near a local dump. I couldn't find anything and I was just about to go home and I saw a pile of carpet. I dug through the carpet and it shot out of the carpet. I dove for it and caught it by the tail. I didn't know what it was and I took it home. I showed it to a friend and it was identified as a indigo. Pretty cool! Of course, I set it free where I found it. : : : my observations of indigos in Hillsborough County for about 30 years that I have seen pairs of indigos breeding as early as Thanksgiving and as late as March. I have also seen females full of eggs as early as February and as late as May. It appears to me that the most common association I have of indigos in Hillsborough county is water. While they seem to shun swamps, the seem most prevelant along high bank rivers with lots of root systems. On sveral occasions I have seen them, both young and adults coming out of gopher holes or root systems along the local rivers. : : ***************************************************Intersting note: I saw a few using holes that would be about the size of crab or muskrat holes!?. These holes were on the side of river/stream banks. This was south of Miami in 1981. Would love to hear some more of your experiences in Hillsborough County, please. Question, is their a town in Fla. called Utopia, if so where is it?? Re post from earlier on.

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