On Thursday, May 23, 2013 around 11:40am a call came in about a couple of snakes that fell out of the trees. When the snakes fell they scared the children, and everyone fled.
Pipes FC said
11:42 AM, 06/02/13
Lazy journalist, now I have to go to google images and find out what a northern brown snake looks like.
Pipes FC said
11:46 AM, 06/02/13
Its that snake I saw a bunch growing up but assumed it was a garter snake.
Pipes FC said
11:50 AM, 06/02/13
Northern Brownsnake, not to be confused with the Alabama Blacksnake
Snippy said
11:56 AM, 06/02/13
Snippy prefers the firm-titted Asian Hawtie.
Thunderwagon5000 said
1:53 PM, 06/02/13
Yes. She is likely an expert on subduing many various sub species of the one eyed trouser snake .
The Krink said
1:55 AM, 06/03/13
In my youth growing up in Bham garter snakes were everywhere. During my occupation as a professional lawn-mower in my teens, there was no avoiding that garter snake that "zigged instead of zagged" right in front of the mower. Remember 20+ years ago when I moved to this hood, my stepdaughter and her cousins one day, went out and caught maybe 50-100 garter snakes and insisted on keeping them in buckets for a few days. Think most of them died and the garter snake population has been very slow to rebuild until 2012-13 where I've seen "more than one". Getting pictures of snakes from less than 5ft away is more of a challenge than you think. If you happen onto a compost pile with 4-5 garter snakes laying about the top, and you want to get some pictures of the scene, you need to not to startle the group. The bigger snakes hi-tail-it out of sight but the "sun-seeking-lazy" stay around for picture day.
-- Edited by The Krink on Monday 3rd of June 2013 02:02:23 AM
-- Edited by The Krink on Monday 3rd of June 2013 11:53:11 PM
Looks like two of those are due to shed their skin anytime.
Growing the only snake my mom didn't hack to death was a large king snake that we'd see around the house once or twice a year. I guess as they got older her views changed cause they said there was a little black snake that made it inside the house and they just caught it and threw it outside, makes wonder how the large black snake she chopped into several pieces 10 years earlier feels about that.
The Krink said
7:29 AM, 06/04/13
Never killed a snake other than with a lawn mower...which were all unavoidable accidents. Being a gardener I know they need to be part of the system to help-out with all the malfeasance from the insect/rodent world. I'm not sure how you get used to a snake "slithering" past you. They always seem to garner full attention when one makes a move right in your path.
I knew there was some reason I picked the
GPNW for this incarnation...just garter snakes.
No worries that the rest of the country has.
Eastern WA has rattlesnakes but I dont live
there. Got a garter snake community living
in my compost pile right now. I've seen 5 at
once catching some rays. Garter snakes arent
good tree climbers which makes them even
"more cool".
Snakes in the trees at D.C. park
http://wtop.com/109/3341088/Snakes-fall-from-trees-in-DC-park
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 around 11:40am a call came in about a couple of snakes that fell out of the trees. When the snakes fell they scared the children, and everyone fled.
Its that snake I saw a bunch growing up but assumed it was a garter snake.
Northern Brownsnake, not to be confused with the Alabama Blacksnake
Yes. She is likely an expert on subduing many various sub species of the one eyed trouser snake .
In my youth growing up in Bham garter snakes were
everywhere. During my occupation as a professional
lawn-mower in my teens, there was no avoiding that
garter snake that "zigged instead of zagged" right in
front of the mower. Remember 20+ years ago when
I moved to this hood, my stepdaughter and her cousins
one day, went out and caught maybe 50-100 garter
snakes and insisted on keeping them in buckets for
a few days. Think most of them died and the garter
snake population has been very slow to rebuild until
2012-13 where I've seen "more than one". Getting
pictures of snakes from less than 5ft away is more
of a challenge than you think. If you happen onto a
compost pile with 4-5 garter snakes laying about the
top, and you want to get some pictures of the scene,
you need to not to startle the group. The bigger snakes
hi-tail-it out of sight but the "sun-seeking-lazy" stay
around for picture day.
-- Edited by The Krink on Monday 3rd of June 2013 02:02:23 AM
-- Edited by The Krink on Monday 3rd of June 2013 11:53:11 PM
Growing the only snake my mom didn't hack to death was a large king snake that we'd see around the house once or twice a year. I guess as they got older her views changed cause they said there was a little black snake that made it inside the house and they just caught it and threw it outside, makes wonder how the large black snake she chopped into several pieces 10 years earlier feels about that.
were all unavoidable accidents. Being a gardener I know they
need to be part of the system to help-out with all the
malfeasance from the insect/rodent world. I'm not sure how
you get used to a snake "slithering" past you. They always seem
to garner full attention when one makes a move right in
your path.