The country side of life.

[Fiat Lux]

Just a mixed bag of photos from the stix.

Hope y'all enjoy.

Rick

[paulnj]

very nice images. I love the black racer? in the bluebird house.

[Fiat Lux]

Hey Paul,

You're real close, it's a black rat snake.

With no more than the head to go by it's a tough call.

Thanks.

[emiles]

Love the tongue in the second shot. Good series.

[Fiat Lux]

Thought I should ID the animals in the photos...

1. Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
2. Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)
3. Obvious
4. White-tailed Doe (Odocoileus virginianus)
5. Yellowbelly Slider (Chrysemys scripta)
6. Black Rat (in Bluebird box)
7. 800mm Moon
8. Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)

Thanks Eric, I try to catch snakes with their tongues out. :thumbsup:

[Loupey]

I like the snake-in-the-birdhouse shot

[Fiat Lux]

Thanks Loupy.

The Black Rat is, by far, the most common snake here on the farm. It's not uncommon finding one in a Bluebird box and, on rare occasions, in a Wood Duck box.

What was so impressive about this snake was the size! All that snake in such a small box.

I remove, relocate, and release them.

Here's another one Eric.


Easter Hognose Snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)

[paulnj]

nice hognose!

[ksbryan0]

Nice series Rick. Great job tracking the carpenter bee.

[Sushigaijin]

The first snake is Coluber constrictor, black racer. Or whatever the new taxonomy is, I know they are shaking up the north american Colubrids. The birdhouse snake is certainly a black ratsnake. The hognose is just freeking awesome.

[Fiat Lux]

Erik

Good call, you're right. It's a Black Racer (I get Black Rat on the brain).

I probably should have noted, that's a black phase Hognose.

Thanks for catching that!

Rick

[andycfk]

Gosh.. The lightning photo is simple stunning... very very very nice....

[carlogalliani]

great set and very good shots

[WesternGuy]

Great images, but that lightning image is just great. I don't have much opportunity to take these kind of shots where I live as most of out T-storms occur during daylight hours, so it is difficult to get the dark background, so I do enjoy seeing those that others have captured. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

WesternGuy