Very kewl! I love when we encounter snakes (or other animals for that matter) in the wild.
I've seen (and caught briefly to admire) many wild snakes in my lifetime. In NY it was mostly Garter snakes, down here we have found in our yard Black Racers (those buggers get pretty darn big!), Southern Ringnecks (mostly babies, they are so pretty though!) and just the other day we caught some sort of Colubrid baby, but we haven't been able to identify it yet (and it was in the middle of a shed so we didn't keep it too long, just long enough to admire and let go out of the way of our lawn mowing!)....AND we also rescued an Aligator Snapping Turtle yesterday. We were attempting to get it out of the road but just as we were close to approaching it a car hit it! His shell is damaged and we're trying to locate a wildlife rehabilitator that will take it (they are protected down here) b/c I know he can be helped....ok, got a little of topic, sorry!!