On my way to pick my daughter up at the school bus stop on Monday I almost stepped on this little snake. It made me jump because it looked like a stick in the road at first but then started wiggling. I quickly ran back to the house to grab the camera and snapped a couple shots. I'm pretty sure the species is Brown Snake (DeKay's Snake).
According to an article on the Milwaukee Public Museum website, "Brown snakes are often seen crossing roads as they migrate to or from their winter dens in May and October. They live in surface litter and under rubbish, stones and logs."
The snake was still there after I picked my daughter up. My daughter kept her distance, but she wasn't too afraid considering the small size of the snake (they only grow 9-13 inches long). A year ago we found a snakeskin in our yard by the kids swing set. Now we have a good idea what kind of snake most likely left it there for us to find.
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22 comments:
Yikes!!!
Whoops!!! Glad you figured it out before it was too late!! :)
Thanks for stopping by my pad...
Bina
He's cute! We get a few snakes around here too. Once there was a copperhead in my garage! Thank goodness it was just a baby, because if it were any bigger I might have passed out!
Wow! I don't think I ever saw a snake in Wisconsin! But I sure do miss seeing those red-wing blackbirds!
yes let him run away!!
Super yikes!
OOoh. I don't like snakes... but I bet my boys would think it was fascinating!
How neat!
I have to laugh that its name is just Brown Snake!
Ick! I would run screaming!
AHHHHHH! That gives me the heebie jeebies just looking at the picture! I would have went RUNNING if I saw it in real life!!
wow I hate snakes but nearly every year we find at least one in our yard
Yikes! They would definitely make me jump too!
yuck....
Totally made my skin crawl. Yuk!
That's pretty cool!
Such a technical name...Brown Snake. I am just amazed that you were able to snap this picture!
-Francesca
sick sick sick! I'd freak!
I'm definitely not a snake person, but he is too cute!!
That's something I keep my distance from too.
We find snakes about that size around here too, though not that variety and they always make me jump! Glad for both of you that you didn't step on it :)
I had a snake about that size when I was in high school. I don't remember what kind it was, but it loved resting on my shoulder, curled around my neck. I remember how it grossed my mom out, but I LOVED it!
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