Speckled King Snake!
My husband was mowing, and ran in to get me ... he saw a Speckled King Snake. He was a beauty, all curled up at the trunk of our Mesquite tree. We lightly poked him to get him to move, and he found a crevise in the tree trunk to hide in. I so wish I could have gotten a picture!
Just very glad he didn't get run over. The grass was tall, and my husband was worried about running over the toads and tree frogs that live down there, so he was being very careful.
So exciting! I'm going later to see if he'll pose for me. :D
About the size of this one:
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10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoOk, I stood still there for 30 minutes, mosquitoes feasting on me, until he came out. Best pic I could get, before he went under the fence.
Is it a Speckled King Snake? Now I'm not sure.
Blurry, he was truckin'. :D
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- 10 years agolast modified: 10 years ago
Update: He came back! Mr G and I were on the patio, and saw/heard Blue Jays going nuts ... went to see, and here he is. :D
We released him where he was yesterday, back corner of our yard. I read that they keep Rattlers away, so sure hope he sticks around.
He was releasing stinky musk, but none got on the Mr. :D
(I was standing on our retaining wall taking pics)---
- 10 years agolast modified: 10 years ago
roselee, I agree about reptiles, I love them. I get so excited whenever I see a lizard or snake. They're so fascinating! Especially lizards--tiny dinosaurs. We have Gecko families that are laying eggs in our patio eaves, we see them every night. They blend right into our brick.
It's always funny to see the Blue Jays sound the alarm when they see a snake. We have lots of Rat snakes (big ones, 4-5 ft), and the Jays riot over them. I found a Rat snake in the garage the other day, and tried to gently shoo it out with a rake ... that stinker came up the handle at me, very aggressively. I finally got him to get back in the yard.
Well, I have some sad news, too. We were walking down to see if King was around, and this little guy was on the concrete ... Mr G bent down to get a picture, and it never moved. Picked him up, he was stiff as a board, in that position. I guess he just fried in the heat (heat index is 105 right now). Poor little guy.
Rusty