Also, for Peculiar (after the final parenthesis in his recent post), is this little excerpt:

O noble age who place their only bliss
In being heard until the hearer die,
Utt'ring a serpent's mind with serpent's hiss!
Then who will hear a well authorized lie
(And patience hath), let him go learn of him
What swarms of virtues did in his youth fly...

The breed is not exclusive to Santa Fe; I believe their range is expanding. The observation is not, I think, a failure of filial piety on the part of the observer, but a simple truth. I have met any number of pleasant, wise, and fair Nestors (my grandparents come to mind, among others). I wish they would, as we cannot, tell the serpents to bugger off.