Is it a juvenile black snake?
Yes Smokey that's what they are.
Most of the ones on the property are 5ft and under so not all that old it seems as they do grow up to 8ft long. Now one that size I think I would be a jumping a tad like a young gal.
Speaking of that last week there was a whole lot of screaming going on down on the Gov't docks at the park.
This young gal(s) were just a howling!
Finally the Mrs got up and took the walking stick down with her to the docks and there was this young lady all in tears talking on her cell phone, running back and forth on the dock.
Well it seems there was a young Black Rat snake hiding under the walkway scared to all heck from all the screaming.
The Mrs looked at the young one and said the snake was more scared than she was. (Later the Mrs commented that the young one looked a tad sheepish)
We're on the most northern parts of the snake it seems and the hatching rate is poor because of the altitude and short season.
I leave the compost piles undisturbed till very late fall as they like the warmth of the composting for the eggs. We have a couple of hatching pens set up up the property for the snakes to lay the eggs in with hopes that the species will become stronger. More snakes = less rodents = less ticks.
