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In my bird feeding area which I feed them only sunflower seeds there are sunflower plants growing. Until the deer found them. They are slowly disappearing.
saw a copperhead on the road this morning.
guess it liked the residual warmth of the asphalt.
later, it was gone with no evidence of a roadkill.
When do snakes have their young? A few days ago while standing on my rear patio a small (6") snake came crawling out of the grass onto the concrete. I did not have time to figure out what type it was before it would have disappeared into the furniture, so I killed it. My area is knows for copperheads and I have a small dog that was in the grass at this time.
When do snakes have their young? A few days ago while standing on my rear patio a small (6") snake came crawling out of the grass onto the concrete. I did not have time to figure out what type it was before it would have disappeared into the furniture, so I killed it. My area is knows for copperheads and I have a small dog that was in the grass at this time.
You had enough time to get close enough to kill it and to apply a tool to kill it with but not enough time to identify it? A shovel, rake, broom or some other long handled tool would have allowed you to shove it away from your furniture, trap it in a container to relocate, or to convince it to crawl in another direction.
If you live where venomous snakes like copperheads are common wouldn't it make sense to learn to identify them at various life stages? Copperheads are pretty distinctive.
About 3 PM there were two adult coyotes just walking down the street by my house. They went into the woods when they saw me. I warned the new neighbor with three little kids about them. I would not want one of them thinking they were dogs.
The fox has been seen on my camera making himself at home on my deck and patio. I don't know how he got onto the deck, as I have a gate. Thankfully, he was able to leave (guess he went the same way he came from).
The sparrows have discovered there’s safflower seeds in my small feeder in the front flower bed. Whereas before, I could fill that feeder about once every two-two and a half weeks (just chickadees, couple of cardinals and the occasional wren), now when I fill it, the piggy sparrows empty it in 2 days. Grrr.
At least that feeder is too small for the white winged doves. Talk about piggy!
Woodcock are still here in northeastern Maine. The males are peenting and flying a few times before settling for the day. I stopped to listen to one across the road from me this morning. It won't be long until they leave, and I don't hear them again until mid-spring.
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You had enough time to get close enough to kill it and to apply a tool to kill it with but not enough time to identify it? 
A shovel, rake, broom or some other long handled tool would have allowed you to shove it away from your furniture, trap it in a container to relocate, or to convince it to crawl in another direction.