There Was A Very Small Dead Snake In My Driveway Today, The Head Had Been Chewed Off…

@Nitedoc I think they stalk the squirrels around here too. I have heard them barking quite a bit and now there are very few going to the bird feeder to get the sunflower seeds. They used to hit it within an hour of me filling it every day and empty it out quickly.

@cherokeepatti Birds can usually run the squirrels off!

@Nitedoc They don’t seem to mess with the squirrels unless the ravens come here and start up, which has happened a few times. They were trying to scare off the feral cats from their dry food that I set out. Which reminds me I need to make some cornbread to feed the birds before the snow starts, the snowbirds have probably already scouted for birds feeders around here.

@cherokeepatti thats what I've heard about black snakes

@Virgo79 We had black snakes on the farm. One got in the chicken house and starting eating the eggs.

@cherokeepatti they will do that, mice rats frogs fish,lol.
But i still like having a few around, i don't have chickens so...

@Musicman These grass snakes will crawl out of their hidey holes any time the weather warms up and is sunny so they can go lay in the sun. It has gotten warm enough recently that the Bradford pear tree has buds on it. I have seen a snake in early spring laying right in the middle of the sidewalk here taking a sun bath to warm up. And one time in December one had crawled out close to the covered entry and it got cold too quick and it couldn’t move. Ray picked it up with a stick and threw it up on the hood of the car (we just came home from a restaurant that evening) and it started wiggling around. I guess it got warmed up enough to crawl back and hide somewhere. Some of these cats are hunters and will play with the snakes. They probably don’t like to eat them but will bite their heads off. This is the second one I’ve seen like that.