This black rat snake attempted to climb our screen door. Perhaps, the snake was trying to find a way into the dwelling… or perhaps, the snake was trying to reach a bird’s nest built on a bend in the rain gutter drainpipe on the opposite side of our screened-in porch…
Rat Snake on Screen Door
Rat Snake on Screen Door
Rat Snake on Screen Door
Note: These photos were taken by KG.
KG got some pictures of a rat snake on our back deck last week…
Rat Snake on the Deck
Stay tuned for what happened next…
Monica Norton reports for the Washington Post:
Fairfax County government reports that there have been an “unusually high number of copperhead snakes” in the area…
I’ve started seeing snakes again this spring. First, I saw a couple in the road. This one was spotted in the woods behind the house.
Rat Snake in the Backyard
I stopped the car and moved this box turtle out of the road. I put him off to the side in the direction it appeared to be going.
Box Turtle in the Road
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