I need to get my back acre brush hogged. I don't want the box turtle I've seen recently to get whacked though.
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It's hard to tell but it looks pretty young which would fit with your story of seeing several in the area. I'm counting 7 maybe 8.
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If you raise up the blades it should be fine as long as you dont run it over with the wheel. They also dig down under the leaf litter or hide under stuff when it starts to dry out later in the summer so you could wait for that.
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DoitBest said:
No worries, I appreciate y'alls knowledge, I've learned a ton from this platform. And I figure now that Asian Jasmine was a poor choice of ground cover by the pool, given the # of coral snakes our dog has found.
The only thing is that my wife has told me that a cotton mouth has eye liner, not mascara...
Ha yeah I think it's done for the alliteration. It should probably really be eye shadow mark instead of mascara mark, but that doesn't flow as well and it gets the point across either way.
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That's what I tried to tell her, but happy wife...i married the smartest woman ever, 25 years & she's never been wrong once...
The shape of that box turtle's shell indicates it has something wrong with it. When kept as pets with an incorrect diet they often develop warped shells like that because they don't receive enough nutrients for shell growth. Weird to see in a wild animal. That is definitely an adult though.
Yea I thought the shell looked odd for sure but it's what made the thing so cute.
Whats so fun about finding things like that around my property is I probably get as excited about finding things like that as a 40 year old man as I did as a 12nyear old exploring the woods, now I just love showing my kids too.
Whats so fun about finding things like that around my property is I probably get as excited about finding things like that as a 40 year old man as I did as a 12nyear old exploring the woods, now I just love showing my kids too.
my parents had that stuff bordering our pool when i was a kid and pulling snakes out of the skimmer baskets was a regular chore.Quote:
And I figure now that Asian Jasmine was a poor choice of ground cover by the pool, given the # of coral snakes our dog has found.
Had a she turtle laying eggs in my flowerbed this morning. Walk out the door and she's dug a hole next to the driveway and dropped 5 or 6 eggs already. Dont see that everyday. When I got home the kids had built a little stone fort around the spot to keep the armadillos out.
Great...we are 5 years in with this cement pond, hasn't been an issue yet, but that's been on my mind for some time...
Especially as it looks like you back up to a green space, or at least some decent foliage.DoitBest said:
No worries, I appreciate y'alls knowledge, I've learned a ton from this platform. And I figure now that Asian Jasmine was a poor choice of ground cover by the pool, given the # of coral snakes our dog has found.
The only thing is that my wife has told me that a cotton mouth has eye liner, not mascara...
yep, the back goes all the way down to Oyster Creek
DoitBest said:
yep, the back goes all the way down to Oyster Creek
You on Circle Way?
Close, but not exactly, where were you when you were down in town?
Circle Way
By LJI? Bwood class of ? Seriously, did you happen to have Mrs. Cook for sophomore biology with her constrictor Virginia..?
DoitBest said:
By LJI? Bwood class of ? Seriously, did you happen to have Mrs. Cook for sophomore biology with her constrictor Virginia..?
Across from old LJI.
Did not have Mrs. Cook. I was a Gambrell boy all the way.
To be clear, I didn't grow up on Circle Way but did buy my first house there.
Back in the 70's when the Spring Branch area of Houston was pretty close to the end of the line, we used to catch a bunch of these under different piles of stuff in empty lots. I distinctly remember the green color and that we called them "garter" or "garden" snakes because some neighborhood teenager told us that's what they were.MouthBQ98 said:
Haven't seen one of these in a while.
We also used to catch a ton of crawfish out of the ditches that flowed next to streets. Good times.
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Black vertical lines on jaw = DBWS…?
The lines on the jaw rule out a cottonmouth and suggest it's one of our several species of water snake.
The chainlink pattern tells you this one is a DBWS vs. a PBWS.
The chainlink pattern tells you this one is a DBWS vs. a PBWS.
Mr. Frodo said:
Black vertical lines on jaw = DBWS…?
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What's pbws?
I'm it sure I'm ready for ws 201.
I'm it sure I'm ready for ws 201.
Plain bellied
So many variations.
99% of what you'll see are Plain Bellied, Diamondback, or Broad Banded. There's a handful of significantly less common ones.Mr. Frodo said:
So many variations.
Sorry guys, this is the time of year I see the most snakes and the trails I find most on got destroyed by the storms earlier this week. Going to be a while before they get them cleared enough to pass.
Get your chainsaw and get busy!
Be the change you want to see. [/middle aged white women on my Facebook friend list]
Be the change you want to see. [/middle aged white women on my Facebook friend list]
Haha we have had several people say they want to volunteer and help. A few years ago some people held an event to pick up trash on the trails and they were told to stop since the golf course said there is too much liability. Now imagine a bunch of people who have never used a chainsaw trying to cut down 2-3ft diameter overlaying trees. Yeah ain't happening
Taken 8' from where she was photographed this morning. You can make out her tail in the water on the first pic. Not the fattest one I've seen, but pretty close to the longest.
TWSS
Last one for today. Opposite end of the lake, about 20' from the water. Almost stepped on her.
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