The dogs enjoyed another Bullfrog Catch (#3) a few weeks back. Today they got to help out with a Water Snake catch. Approaching the pond, I saw a snake slide into the water from a bush that hangs over the edge. I tried catching him with a net, but he was able to slide into the muck I stirred up. About an hour later, the snake was back out and up in the bush. This time I was careful not to stir up the bottom, and I caught him. The dogs were delighted. The smelly secretion a water snake uses for defense was so fun for Stout, he rubbed in it. (Yuck!)
He had a thick buldge a little over half way down. Some kind of dinner. None of the colorful fish were missing, but it is hard to count the fish we have from the lake because they blend in. Hope it wasn’t a baby bird.
Claire and I dropped the snake into the storm drain and watched him slither down the pipe towards the creek where he may hook up with the Bullfrog. (Kathy does not allow me to kill the Bullfrogs.)
Clyde looks very focused but more than willing to stay back a little. We saw a tiny snake on our walk yesterday (6 inches long maybe). Katie stepped right over it without noticing it but then I pointed it out to her. She would put her nose up to it and then jerk back when it moved. She wasn’t too sure about it. That’s good because one night Susan and I were bringing the dogs back to her house and Katie found a copperhead coiled up in the driveway. I got up close to try and see exactly what kind of snake it was and it didn’t move. It turns out more people are bitten by copperheads than any other poisonous snake because the copperheads just sit there like that and people not as smart as I am pick them up.
This reminds me of you all going down to the creek on Riviera Court, and, of course, that always reminds me of Kevin Smith confiscating your sling shot. I don’t believe you ever got it back. I do remember several snakes back then.
Mom
I love telling my friends about all of the cool animals my dad has picked up (snakes, a turtle larger than a bowling ball, a possum!) These pictures are great. The markings on the snake are very pretty (but the snake sure isn’t…)