Thanksgiving day rescue

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I was netting leaves out of the pool and saw what looked like a stick laying on the cleaning hose in the water.
I netted it out, it was one cold little snake. After holding it for a while to warm the little thing up I set it on some rocks to save it from our great spotted hunter.

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The great spotted hunter trying to get the doves that roost on the window sill over night. They sit in tight clumps of 3-4 waiting for the sun to come up.
She wanted to get that little snake.
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Glad it was you who found it, as so many people wouldn't have messed with a snake! What kind is it, or do you know?
 

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My pond is densely stocked with snakes. I loose a frog once in awhile to them but it's just nature. I'm glad you helped your guest,everyone always wants to kill them.
 

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Was this in MD?

I did some research and some asking and it turns out to be a Night Snake, native to southwest U.S.
 

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Was this in MD?

I did some research and some asking and it turns out to be a Night Snake, native to southwest U.S.

Thanks jb the night snake does live in our area, it does look like my little rescue.

I am still in arizona, for another month or so.

Makes our house sitters happy.
 

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As a child I would try to keep snakes. It was tough trying to convince my mother. Then one day my pet garter came up missing, that was the end of it, my mom couldn't relax till it was found. After the 3rd day, some kids down the street proclaimed the had caught a snake, I knew it was the one I'd lost but i just left it at that. Sorry about that ma.
 

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