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FloridaHogs
07-31-2009, 06:07 PM
Went to drop my son off at my parents before heading up to the shop and noticed this guy on the shrubs (actually my daughter did). He was very unafraid and let me get the camera about 10 inches from him before deciding enough was enough. My dad say he hangs out there all the time and likes to watch him while he is doing the shrubs.

Sorry for the quality, my lens kept fogging up.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/FloridaHogs/100_8824.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/FloridaHogs/100_8829.jpg

JOHNS6068
07-31-2009, 06:17 PM
Cool find :cheers:

Tama
07-31-2009, 07:35 PM
Cool shots. Your daughter made a great find.

JChandler
07-31-2009, 07:38 PM
That last shot is killer!

FloridaHogs
07-31-2009, 07:41 PM
I didn't realize I had gotten such a good shot until I posted it. Had to pull the card from my camera and plug it into the laptop to upload it directly. So, I didn't get to look at it first.

Quig
07-31-2009, 07:55 PM
Great find. I haven't seen one of those in years. I think I need to move back down state :D.

janeothejungle
07-31-2009, 08:58 PM
Nice Shots! He looks awfully comfortable hanging up there.... :yessir:




~kat

Quig
07-31-2009, 09:03 PM
They're pretty arboreal. I remember as a kid following one along a canopy of sumach. He was above me, of course. I'll bet I followed him for every bit of 20 or 30 yards. All I got out of that deal was an allergic reaction to the sumach.:wamma:

tfs
07-31-2009, 09:07 PM
Cool find Jenea . My daughter and I have a running joke about all the sticks.rags and rocks we think are herps when we are driving .
Toni

Buckskin
07-31-2009, 11:25 PM
Jenea those are some nice pics.
Looks like a nice place to live.

Mrs. Sputnik
07-31-2009, 11:29 PM
Cool find

kare
08-01-2009, 12:11 AM
Neat pic!

JoshJP7
08-01-2009, 09:24 AM
I think the last time I saw a snake here in NY was about 10 years ago haha... It would be pretty cool to go herping down south as the only thing youll find here is a tree rat and some slugs! Nice picture.

FloridaHogs
08-01-2009, 10:23 AM
Jenea those are some nice pics.
Looks like a nice place to live.

Was a great place to grow up.

Wild Bill
08-01-2009, 10:55 AM
Very cool shots Jenea!!!

147BOAS
08-01-2009, 03:57 PM
great find

Chris
08-01-2009, 04:45 PM
Did you grabb it. Those racers are nothing to play with. Those little guys are aggressive and bite like crazy. They remind me of a non venomous Black mamba.

FloridaHogs
08-01-2009, 04:47 PM
Nope, thought about it, but I was running late and did not have time.

I have pulled plenty of racers from yards and houses, so I am familiar. That is why I travel with a hook.

ssshane
08-01-2009, 10:25 PM
Nice looking racer. I caught my first juvi racer last year, and I didnt know they changed color as much as they do while maturing. Nice find.

DutchHerp
08-02-2009, 06:11 PM
I think the last time I saw a snake here in NY was about 10 years ago haha... It would be pretty cool to go herping down south as the only thing youll find here is a tree rat and some slugs! Nice picture.

Along with sweet timber dens! :rockon:

Later, Matt

SNSnakes
08-02-2009, 09:59 PM
Neat find! Thanks for somebody IDing the snake. I was pretty sure it was a racer, but I first had to think where you found it and look at it a bit. Cool pics at any rate.

surfinball
08-04-2009, 11:12 AM
Nice pics.:cheers:

Melanie
08-04-2009, 11:16 AM
Oooohh..... He's perdy! :D