home again home again
Home again today.
Monday Mom came over to see Pat's final Spanish class presentation. Wasn't long apparently, but he was pleased she was there. We saw the fox twice, just sauntering in the yard. It looked like it was eating some watermelon wedges Andrew had tossed down the back of the woods. I think it's a female, but couldn't get the camera quickly enough to snap it.
Later in the day, the boy next door saw a big black snake in the yard! Very exciting. Andrew has read up on the 2-3 venomous snakes in Virginia, and I knew this wasn't one of them, so we checked it out from a few feet away. It was about 4' long.
By the time Andrew came home, it was making it's way toward the house, so of course it had to be wrangled.
It was quite handsome and reared when Andrew wrangled it. Turns out it's an Eastern Ratsnake, the only 6'+ snake in Virginia and a constrictor. They come out of hibernation in April and mate in May and June. They eat rodents and birds. It slunk around the house and Andrew thinks it went under the AC unit. Pretty cool!
Monday Mom came over to see Pat's final Spanish class presentation. Wasn't long apparently, but he was pleased she was there. We saw the fox twice, just sauntering in the yard. It looked like it was eating some watermelon wedges Andrew had tossed down the back of the woods. I think it's a female, but couldn't get the camera quickly enough to snap it.
Later in the day, the boy next door saw a big black snake in the yard! Very exciting. Andrew has read up on the 2-3 venomous snakes in Virginia, and I knew this wasn't one of them, so we checked it out from a few feet away. It was about 4' long.
By the time Andrew came home, it was making it's way toward the house, so of course it had to be wrangled.
It was quite handsome and reared when Andrew wrangled it. Turns out it's an Eastern Ratsnake, the only 6'+ snake in Virginia and a constrictor. They come out of hibernation in April and mate in May and June. They eat rodents and birds. It slunk around the house and Andrew thinks it went under the AC unit. Pretty cool!