Bill Holcombe
09-01-2017, 11:20 AM
Went out to check my game camera for the Quail/predator study we are doing and I was walking up to the tree I had one of the camera's mounted on this was draped around the trunk of the tree and my camera was laying on the ground between the roots beneath it.
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As I carefully got closer I saw the skin continued down into the roots and out the other side:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4375/36143314883_76e0a941f1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/X4RWir)20170831_092449 (https://flic.kr/p/X4RWir) by Bill Holcombe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153570408@N03/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4391/36812119101_d33d01138f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Y5XJuD)20170831_092530 (https://flic.kr/p/Y5XJuD) by Bill Holcombe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153570408@N03/), on Flickr
I typically leave snakes alone as long as they aren't near people, especially rattlers, they are great vermin control and tend to warn you of their presence. Copperheads and water moccasins/cottonmouths I am not quite as forgiving of.
Anyway made sure he wasn't around, used a long stick to retrieve my camera from between the roots, and made my way out of there. I guess I should appreciate him letting me know he was around.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4433/36117233354_587af63193_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/X2ygaU)20170831_092434 (https://flic.kr/p/X2ygaU) by Bill Holcombe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153570408@N03/), on Flickr
As I carefully got closer I saw the skin continued down into the roots and out the other side:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4375/36143314883_76e0a941f1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/X4RWir)20170831_092449 (https://flic.kr/p/X4RWir) by Bill Holcombe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153570408@N03/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4391/36812119101_d33d01138f_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Y5XJuD)20170831_092530 (https://flic.kr/p/Y5XJuD) by Bill Holcombe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153570408@N03/), on Flickr
I typically leave snakes alone as long as they aren't near people, especially rattlers, they are great vermin control and tend to warn you of their presence. Copperheads and water moccasins/cottonmouths I am not quite as forgiving of.
Anyway made sure he wasn't around, used a long stick to retrieve my camera from between the roots, and made my way out of there. I guess I should appreciate him letting me know he was around.