You consistent readers know that I really enjoy snakes. You may recall the highlight of Christmas day fro the grandkids was catching a little brown water snake and playing with him for most of the day.
Well, last Monday (May 17th) in the afternoon, as we were driving a dirt road, Andrew spotted what he thought were two black racer snakes right on the edge of the road.
Of course I stopped immediately and we both jumped out of the truck. I grabbed the smaller one and Andrew claimed to two big ones--yes it was 3 snakes, not 2. I do NOT recall ever catching, or even finding 3 snakes together. We successfully caught them, zipped them inside a heavy cloth bag--the ideal transport container, as I learned as a kid.
We got them home and temporarily stored them in a clear plastic bin. Of course we wanted to keep them until the grandkids had a good look at them.
I also wanted some decent pictures of them to commemorate the moment.
And, as you might guess, in all the hubbub of photographing, Andrew got bit on the hand as well as his face. Fortunately, these bites aren't very painful and totally NOT dangerous. Notice his smile!
Well, after the photos, we released the 3 new snakes into our backyard. Some recent accounting tells us that we have caught 4 other snakes (including another black racer) in our back yard since the first one Christmas day. So we added 3 more with these.
So, our environment is richer than ever!
Well, last Monday (May 17th) in the afternoon, as we were driving a dirt road, Andrew spotted what he thought were two black racer snakes right on the edge of the road.
Of course I stopped immediately and we both jumped out of the truck. I grabbed the smaller one and Andrew claimed to two big ones--yes it was 3 snakes, not 2. I do NOT recall ever catching, or even finding 3 snakes together. We successfully caught them, zipped them inside a heavy cloth bag--the ideal transport container, as I learned as a kid.
We got them home and temporarily stored them in a clear plastic bin. Of course we wanted to keep them until the grandkids had a good look at them.
And, as you might guess, in all the hubbub of photographing, Andrew got bit on the hand as well as his face. Fortunately, these bites aren't very painful and totally NOT dangerous. Notice his smile!
Well, after the photos, we released the 3 new snakes into our backyard. Some recent accounting tells us that we have caught 4 other snakes (including another black racer) in our back yard since the first one Christmas day. So we added 3 more with these.
So, our environment is richer than ever!
Come on over and wander around in our backyard. No telling what you might stumble across.
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