Looked out the kitchen window in early afternoon the other day and found this guy:
Eastern rat snakes (Pantherophis quadrivittatus) are excellent climbers, not even hesitating to scale virtually any kind of tree in search of birds’ nests (for eggs, nestlings, or adults) a friend insists that one was regularly shinnying up a perfectly smooth, 6-inch
As I said almost a week ago, there was no question that this one was going to make the Estate Find this week – unless something really kickass popped up later on. But as I was taking care of a few yard details on Sunday, ol’ Eagle Eyes here spotted something stretched across the grass:
I’m being facetious of course, because this was really hard to miss. I consider