Today, we were in the backyard. We were showing two of our grandkids the hummingbird nest we found on Saturday. Andrew and the two kids were out on the dock when he beckoned to me to come quickly. I looked about 15 yards to my left, and there was a very large snake on a branch out over the water. The lighting was such that we couldn't identify it from the dock.
When Drew got close, he could see it was a gray rat snake (also called a chicken snake). This is at least the 4th snake we have seen in our yard, including the one on Christmas day. Andrew successfully grabbed it, to everyone's delight.
I had a tape measure out already, so we measured it at about 5 feet. Not guesswork here, which typically are a bit exaggerated. As you might not can tell, this is a very handsome snake. In moving the snake form one container to another, Andrew got bit on the thumb which drew a little blood.
It is such a great joy to find all these neat critters on our little plot of land on the lake. G^d has created a beautiful world and stocked it with some neat creatures.
Thanks be to G^d!
When Drew got close, he could see it was a gray rat snake (also called a chicken snake). This is at least the 4th snake we have seen in our yard, including the one on Christmas day. Andrew successfully grabbed it, to everyone's delight.
I had a tape measure out already, so we measured it at about 5 feet. Not guesswork here, which typically are a bit exaggerated. As you might not can tell, this is a very handsome snake. In moving the snake form one container to another, Andrew got bit on the thumb which drew a little blood.
It is such a great joy to find all these neat critters on our little plot of land on the lake. G^d has created a beautiful world and stocked it with some neat creatures.
Thanks be to G^d!
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