Had a really pretty king snake at my house today. Good juju for the start of summer.
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First Rat Snake This Year
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Sure is that way around my house! All kinds, and several hawks working on the snakes !!!
My son turned me in to a snake guy.
We had a big rat snake in my backyard last week. First I've ever seen in the 6 years I've lived there. He showed up where we had a birdhouse on a tree, got the eggs out of the nest in there, then left. Haven't seen him since.
Unfortunately even the good snakes will go after bird nests.
Several years ago I had to rescue a pretty black and yellow king snake. The bluebirds were attacking him. One was actually hovering above his head and pecking it.
I took the snake far away from nesting box.
Now that's funny! I'm sure it wasn't for the snake though. Never heard of a bluebird attacking a snake. But yeah we had the nest in a tree, and the snake came across from a branch of another tree. He was big enough to stretch out and get to it a good 5 feet from the branch he was in. I left it alone, and it left. Felt bad for the birds but I told my boys who were watching it that's how mother nature works.
Bluebirds are very protective of their nest. I have had the box in same place for years. It is mounted on a metal pipe about six feet off the ground. At first they would perch nearby and if I got near it they would dive bomb me, and later they got used to me. If a squirrel gets anywhere near it all hell breaks loose.
Yep. Same here. Very loyal and intelligent birds.
