Eastern Indigo - Drogon

[redshepherd]

wonderful species !!! So magnificent !!

So rare.

I do believe I have seen one in the woods where I board my horse at. It is on a military installation and there are miles and miles of deep woods. We have a large and diverse number of wildlife in those deep woods, in part because they have been left fairly undisturbed for many years.
We actually have the largest numbers of gopher tortoises left, because no-one messes with their burrows (no gasoline poured in to catch rattlers and other such nonsense). Our woods also get controlled burns every few years, which makes it the perfect habitat.

We've had sightings of low slung big cats, might have been a Jaguarundi. They have been released in the general area many, many years ago. Also had sightings of bears. There really are some thick and deep (and large) woods surrounding the horse barn. Quite spooky at night.

There are a ton of snakes, too. At one point I could have sworn I saw an Indigo. Very large and heavy bodied solid black snake. I couldn't get a good look at the head and chin, though, but I can't think of another snake that would be so large and deep black. To bad I've never seen it again.

It has become so rare, that there haven't been any sightings in years now. Quite sad.

Congrats to adding such a unique, rare and magnificent animal to your collection

That's awesome that you have the undisturbed wildlife and woods so close! And that you've seen a couperi in the wild! That must be a great feeling. If the snake was so large and black, there's really no other native species quite like that, so I'll bet it was an indigo. So rare!

I have terrible luck in spotting wild snakes. I live in socal and hike relatively frequently and have never even seen a rattlesnake LOL.