Baiting snakes

[mikm]

Terry, if your wife objects I'm sure we can get a petition together asking you to continue, lol !! As Rhea said, this is just way too cool ...

That sure looks to be a nice female and her male consort ... NICE ...

enjoy your day !!
marian

[adamanteus]

The way that smaller snake is positioned on top of the larger one sure looks to me like a male interested in mating. Does he follow her around when she moves? Are his movements "jerky"?

[stonyloam]

Ok, now I have to think about it. He came out first and kind of curled up under the lamp. She (?) came out a little later and stretched out along the top of the foam insulation (they aren’t dumb they always lay on the foam, not the concrete). He (?) slowly (and I should say sensually) stretched out full length along her. No quick movements, actually it was kind of like flowing water, almost magic. I had to go do some stuff then, so I did not see what happened after that. I came back a little later and some of his buddies had shown up. Now I remember some of the things about garter mating, and you might be right, there may have been some hanky panky going on (or at least pre-hanky panky). She is about twice as big as the others (must be close to 3 feet {90 cm}). Below are some photos. Please be patient with me I am learning, slowly but learning. One of them, being a typical guy curled up by a window (his favorite spot when the sun is out) for an afternoon nap.

[Thamnophis]

Looks like a bunch of males that´s trying to "impress" a female.
Great shots!

[Cazador]

Terry,

If she were my daughter, I'd send her straight to her room and tell her not to come out till those rotten boys had gone home. I don't trust a one of them, but I bet in the very near future, they'll be ignoring her .

Rick

[Stefan-A]

And if those were your boys, Rick?

[Cazador]

I'm not touching that one with a ten foot pole, Stefan .

Doesn't that lone male by the window look like he's lost out, and he's sad about it ?

[drache]

Life on Terry's sun porch - the story heats up . . .

[Snaky]

This is just an awesome thread

[greyhawk]

hah wow, thats awesome. I remember in my cousins old house he had snakes in his basement on Cape Cod in MA. He had ringnecks, a couple milks, and maybe a garter or two. I'd go down there and be flipping boards as if I were in a field instead of a basement.

And ya, those are definetly maritimes. Undefined stripe and tend to be more red or green compared to the more yellow easterns.