I was photographing tiny spiders in webs in our large sago palm when I spotted this small (less than one-foot) snake nearby.
I thought it must be a harmless rat snake, but when Donald got a rake and tried to move it out of the yard, it started doing all kinds of odd things. It regurgitated a good-sized frog (see how fat he is in the photo, before he gave up his supper?)-- flattened itself out-- even rolled over and played dead.
Yes, this must have been a juvenile Eastern hognose snake! We've seen (at least) one adult frequently, over the past year or so, but this is the first young one I've seen.
If we have to have snakes in the yard, there are worse ones to have-- but even the harmless ones give me a bit of a shock at first.
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