The other day, in broad daylight, Jason and I saw a black snake scaling the large oak tree in our front yard. He was about 3 feet long, and the way he moved up the tree was amazing!

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Snake in a tree!

As we got closer, he started to hesitate about climbing higher, and decided to turn around and slither down into the wood pile.

Even though one of our chicks went missing a few days before, I just can’t be mad at such an amazing creature. We’ve often seen him hunting frogs in Heidi’s Hole (the little pond in the garden), and perhaps he ate our chick, but you never know. Maybe it was a hawk

What a beautiful creature!

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A vertical climb!

.:.