Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Bird Watching - Winter 2012-2013, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
JB--Could you move the feeders closer tot he house?
If the Hawks are around--they probably won't come around the house.

As far as snakes go--I have only ever seen one--on only one day.
I was in my back yard and saw a black "thing" on the grass. Thinking it was a branch
off of my Maple--I just walked over and was going to pick it up--and saw it was a Black Snake.

I freaked out for about 5 minutes--then grabbed my camera and followed it for about
an Hour. He/she was headed for the front Juniper shrubs--slithering along the back
of the long flower bed--taking its sweet time. Not too comfortable with me tracking it.
At one point--I leaned too close and it coiled up at me. THAT i did not like!!!!.....

However--it crawled into my old Juniper Bush--and I was now hunkering doen between the house and the bush
trying to see it--when, all of a sudden, I saw TWO heads! They had a date!!!! Those hussies....

I waited and waited--and then they slowly crawled out and headed for a hole under my
concrete front steps...still curled around each other.
Now I had visions of it getting into my house somehow--from the foundation. That scared me a bit.
I never saw them again. I understand snakes can come and go..
Kind of wish I had at least ONE snake back to take care of the critters...but it would frighten me a bit too.

Brace your self JB!!!! I will post pictures of my escapade........G.