Been walking through the woods lately hoping to find at least one garter. with the cold weather that has been here lately i wasn't expecting to find any, but today it was warmer than it has been in the past few days. Checked out my normal spots and found some adult slimy salamanders, some juvenile red-backed salamanders, skinks, and toads but no garters. Decided to go a different way out of the woods than the way i normally go because i was determined to find one. halfway to the exit I hear some rumbling in the leaves but didn't expect much, maybe just a skink or two running away from me. But whaddayaknow it was a little Eastern Garter snake! bagged it up and went back. When i got home I tried to feed it a toad and it tried to gobble it up right away! but as I went to take a second picture it got startled and spit it out. anway don't wanna bore you guys with a wall of text, here's some pictures of this new little guy.