A Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake making it difficult to tell where snake ends and rock begins.

A Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake making it difficult to tell where snake ends and rock begins.
A Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake looking just like a chunk of granite, fallen off the overhead outcrop. As the sun gets lower in the sky, a variety of rodents, birds, and lizards do what they do in surrounding bushes and rocks, oblivious to the invisible predator. To hikers on the mountain, they’re often just as cryptic, remaining hidden as hundreds of feet pass by every Saturday on popular trails.