Well, there's a surprise. At least the snakes in my area have the good graces to stay on the ground!
I haven't seen a one this year, but I have identified 6 individual sidewinders on my daily foray in the desert. From their tracks. 2 are almost certainly pregnant females. What is even more important, I don't think my dog has seen one, either.
We have occasional king snakes, and even less occasional diamondbacks. I've seen a few tracks...
Most of the nasties in the desert are nocturnal, so I make sure the sun is good and up before I go thrashing about.
That's very interesting. I don't have any experience with dessert animals but I know sidewinders are dangerous. The only thing I've seen here that is dangerous is copperheads. Stay safe out there!