My afternoon adventure in the wilderness of my back yard!

[Ken B]

The snake of the day in my swamp is the Texas Banded Water Snake. This is a non poisonous snake. It is sometimes accused of being a water moccasin because it looks a little similar and lives in the same environment. There were 3 of these snakes hunting in a shrinking pool of water in the swamp. They are juvenile so that tells me the local population is probably healthy. I have seen adult water snakes a few times probably their parents. I see snakes in this area of the swamp often. I have seen recently several water moccasins, one of them very large! I have also seen coral snakes in this area. There could be hundreds of snakes on my property! I have seen a few chicken snakes in the past also but they live on dry land. After photographing the water snakes I went fishing and caught an alligator gar. What a cool fish! I returned him to the bayou after the photo session.

[ptran]

Very cool Ken. Is that a aligator gar you holding?

[Ken B]

Very cool Ken. Is that a aligator gar you holding?

Yes, that is an alligator gar. We have been catching them and a few catfish this weekend. We had fried catfish and fried alligator gar for dinner yesterday! I saw a large alligator in the bayou yesterday too. Didn't get a picture though. First gator I have seen here this year.

[LordBarron7692]

Nice

[Beth777]

That's so neat that you get to live like that. One of my dreams. I'm a country girl that couldn't wait to follow the big city lights and now I'm ready to go back to my roots.

Yes, that is an alligator gar. We have been catching them and a few catfish this weekend. We had fried catfish and fried alligator gar for dinner yesterday! I saw a large alligator in the bayou yesterday too. Didn't get a picture though. First gator I have seen here this year.

[ptran]

Ken, you got any snails in your backyard wilderness?