{"id":8497,"date":"2026-03-17T09:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=8497"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:37:00","slug":"rattlesnakes-are-back-out-across-the-desert-but-where-have-they-been-all-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/rattlesnakes-are-back-out-across-the-desert-but-where-have-they-been-all-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rattlesnakes are back out across the desert, but where have they been all winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the colder months, Bryan spent time out in the field observing rattlesnakes at their winter dens to see what they\u2019re actually doing this time of year. While most people imagine snakes sleeping all winter long, the reality is a lot more interesting. Rattlesnakes gather in rocky dens and remain mostly inactive, but they aren\u2019t always asleep, and on winter days, or even on cold nights, they may shift positions, bask near den entrances, get a drink from rain, or move around within the den.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding this part of their life cycle helps explain why snakes suddenly seem to \u201cappear\u201d in the spring \u2014 they were here the whole time, just tucked away in the right places.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_V1wJMgHHaY0\"><div id=\"lyte_V1wJMgHHaY0\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/V1wJMgHHaY0\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V1wJMgHHaY0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/V1wJMgHHaY0\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the colder months, Bryan spent time out in the field observing rattlesnakes at their winter dens to see what they\u2019re actually doing this time of year. While most people imagine snakes sleeping all winter long, the reality is a lot more interesting. Rattlesnakes gather in rocky dens and remain mostly inactive, but they aren\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snake-removal","category-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8499,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions\/8499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}