Rains had come the night before which made for wet hiking... I met up with Matt Harris, who posts not often, at a local favorite area.
The sun came out and so did the snakes...Three different milks at first.
See it?
This one was more obvious.
Then it took refuge in a rock wall...
but not quite.
And two more flipped with a ringneck.
And speaking of ringneck snakes, the rain kept them under cover til I arrived.
under anything-
Two-
Three
Sometimes Four
Not only with milk snakes but with Eastern Garter Snakes
And Northern Redbellied Snakes too..
Full rings and partial rings...
All had unmarked bellies though.
Nother milk for the mix...it was found with a ringneck too...
Not to be out done, a few Eastern Smooth Greens were found too...
Visted some old friends too, though I only recognized 2 out of the three timbers encountered.
and the third hanging out...
I have many favorites, Black Rat snakes are right at the top of the list...
True story, as we were observing the black rat snake, a group of hikers approached. I explained we were watching
a black rat snake foraging. One of the ladies and several others gathered around to get a gander at the rat snake.
As the lady went around me to my right, a timber started buzzing not 6 feet away in the grass...
Confused, the woman took a step towards the snake as I threw out me snake stick at her waist and pulled her back...
Most startling to her, really cool to me.
We had the rat snake, timber, and a garter all within 6 feet of each other... we sat back and watched as the
two bigger snakes looked for the local chipmunk. As the garter looked on.
Cool stuff.
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