Out on a Limb

sophiemae

21 years ago

I wonder if this beauty had a craving for Goldfinch or was just hanging out, catching some rays.

ICA,

Sophie ^i^

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Day_By_Day
21 years ago
Wow, neato!
plf333
21 years ago
Geeez, does it come by often? I,like the goldfinch, would make myself scarce! :~O
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navymom2226
21 years ago
LOL... if that was in my backyard,, I'd be in the house forever !!!!
ltcollins1949
21 years ago
UGH! Sorry but I hate snakes. I have them all over down here. I've even had a couple get in the house. And I know lots of people that have had the same thing happen. It takes only a minute for them to get in with an open door.

Is this a rat snake? Also, looking closer at your picture, there appears to be another snake over in the next tree. Is this also a snake, or just a big limb?
Day_By_Day
21 years ago
I think it's the same snake. The lower pic is an enlarged insert.
KeithB
21 years ago
Looks like a gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides)
ltcollins1949
21 years ago
OK, well it still scares the heck out of me. Thanks for the information.
sophiemae
Original Author
21 years ago
Yep, there was only one snake. I spliced the 2 pics to show his position in relation to the feeders (though at that angle, it still doesn't quite show just how close he was) as well as his markings. He let me get as close as I dared, within 2-3 feet. Just sat there and eye-balled me. I've gotten a lot braver about snakes since we moved to the woods, but I don't think I'll ever get brave enough to handle one.

I wondered if this was the same fella I found on my deck rail last year. He's quite the climber. We had a stick in a (plant) pot that the hummingbirds would perch on to guard their feeders. He just crawled out on it and basked for a while. Funny, we didn't see too many hummers that day.

ICA,
Sophie ^i^
Sharon McKenzie
21 years ago
Yep, that's a Gray Rat Snake(Elaphe obsoleta spiloides), also called a "White Oak Snake" in Florida. I've got a six-foot male right here in my den, though he's a bit darker than this one, and possibly mixed with Black Rat, since he came from southern Georgia. Rat Snakes are expert climbers, by the way. Beautiful animal in any case.

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