As I was driving to go do research this morning, I was met by my very panicked grandmother who wanted me to remove a snake from her yard. It had eaten all the bluebirds from a nest in her garden and wasn't going anywhere. Due to being harassed by a person with a garden hoe (not trying to kill it, just trying to persuade it to go somewhere else) and three of my neighbors' maniac chihuahuas it was none too happy to be picked up and taken to the woods. I'm surprised I managed to avoid getting bitten or musked on, but it was pretty calm.
In the midst of all this craziness, I got a couple of pics of it, and was wondering if anyone on here could tell me what species this is? I've always just called them 'blacksnakes' but there are several different snakes we call 'blacksnakes' around here
Anyway, here are a couple of pics of it: