[MissMagnolia]

Mowing the other day and spotted something under the old elm tree ... hmmm, a branch? Looks mighty 'black' to be a branch ....

Realized it was a snake, parked the mower & ran for the camera, hit the zoom button & started walking closer & closer & closer ..... surprisingly, the snake didn't move ... finally got this close:

When I touched his tail lightly, zzzzzziiipp .... off in the grass like a flash. I think this might be a Black Northern Racer. I saw him again later, hanging out under the pomegranate bush. Fortunately, the bluebird babies have recently fledged so if the plan for being in the area was to raid the bluebird box that was nearby, he would have found it empty.

[afraidfortherepublic]

You are braver than I. I would have run for the house, phoned my husband, and demanded that he come home from work immediately. Then I would have refused to do any more mowing. Ever!

[rightly_dividing]

My wife is terrified of snakes also, but she took pictures of one that invaded on of her flower beds. I never would have thought that she would do that, go figure!

[TASMANIANRED]

I thought I’d killed a snake in the bird netting.

It took a while to garner my courage...Seems he used the netting to help shed his skin.

[Silentgypsy]

Ping.
Thanks for the photos!