Our newest resident

[addy1]

Dear honey was walking by his Camaro, hauling some batteries to the RV and happened to look down. Needless to say he was a bit surprised and shocked at the new resident.

It stayed frozen not even a wiggle as I snapped photos of it.

This is not the first time we have seen it near the Camaro, maybe that is its favorite hunting spot. We don't drive this car often.

I finally touched it's tail with a stick and poof gone up somewhere.............

 

[Mmathis]

Pretty! Do you know what it is?

 

[addy1]

A black rat snake. One of the snakes I have seen around more than others. Most have been around 5 feet long.
We have seen it hanging around the cars, maybe it likes his Convertible Camaro,

We have a lot of chipmunks running around, one of their foods.

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

A black rat snake. One of the snakes I have seen around more than others. Most have been around 5 feet long.
We have seen it hanging around the cars, maybe it likes his Convertible Camaro,

We have a lot of chipmunks running around, one of their foods.

In the south we call them Black Racers...... They are extremely fast and if you run from them they will chase you.....but if you stop and face them they will run the other way. Also one of their favorite diet is other snakes

 

[bettasngoldfish]

5 feet long!

I guess the car belongs to the snake now. Too bad you can't charge rent

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

In the south we call them Black Racers...... They are extremely fast and if you run from them they will chase you.....but if you stop and face them they will run the other way. Also one of their favorite diet is other snakes

 

[Somethin' Fishy]

Maybe it wants to take up a new kind of racing!

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

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[addy1]

They are one of our most common snakes, per snakes of Maryland.

"Black rat snakes eat mostly small rodents such as mice, rats, moles and chipmunks; they are also known to feed on small lizards, frogs and bird eggs."

We have lost a few bird nests full of eggs to them.

They never chase us, usually if we see them they run. And they are pretty slow. Easy to keep up with. I have followed them around the yard.
Might be different than your racers.

In the south we call them Black Racers...... They are extremely fast and if you run from them they will chase you.....but if you stop and face them they will run the other way. Also one of their favorite diet is other snakes

 

[addy1]

If you look at the scales on the head, the pattern they are different.

you have racers,
Coluber constrictor
we have black rat snakes.
Elaphe obsolete obsoleta

Per the net racers are more of a solid black, our black rat snakes has a white belly.

 

[GBBUDD]

Crazy I am still a pond virgin two ducklings three frogs and a slew of dragon flies, some water walkers is about the extent of my visitors so far. well that and your usual birds having a drink or a bath even still I doubt i'll see more then a gardener snake here.

 

[MitchM]

Cool!

 

[addy1]

We have other snakes, just seldom see them. One time I saw a brown snake in the pond.

We do have the northern copperhead and timber rattler, so far, thankfully, have never run into one.

 

[GBBUDD]

Copper head ahhh no biggie but the timber rattler I have seen down there in Maryland jersey areas and damn they get big and nasty

 

[Lisak1]

Very cool snake!