I was working out in my yard Saturday, trying to finish having everything prep'd for Hurricane season and saw a flash in the grass out of the corner of my eye. I stopped the mower and tried to scan the grass for what might have been moving. Then I saw it take off again, trying to hide in the taller grass up against the house. I grabbed a bucket and chased it in.

I know he's a local, but its been quite a while since we've come across any in our yard. He was pretty feisty and struck twice at my dads gloves when he picked him up. Eventually My sister grabbed an empty fish tank, and we put him in that. She watched him until we could finish the yard work. Then, she and I took him to my buddy's place on the edge of the everglades, out by some nurseries and let him loose. Last we saw him, he was climbing up a tree. Hopefully he'll have a long happy life out there helping the farmers with rodent control

Here are a few pics I got of him on my cell. I know my sister got a number of her own, I'll see if I cant get those posted up soon. His colors were so bright in person, I just wish the camera would have caught more of the intense orange/gold colors he had..not to mention the flame red!



I was hoping this one came out better, a shot of him looking at the camera



His travel accommodations


Just wanted to share my fun this weekend. I've taken a few photos of other snakes I've seen in the yard, so I will have to try to find those and post them too.

Also curious to know who else catches snakes in their yards? Feel free to post up some photos.