Aberrant coloration. At first we thought it was a N. fasciata x N. clarkii hybrid but the dorsal pattern is too banded (not stripey) and the ventral pattern is unstriped but not plain, albeit very low contrast (orange vs yellow half-moons). Compare a few other "hypomelanistic" N. fasciata from nearby:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67151325
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109373290
My lifer M. tener! Of course, I didn’t have my DSLR with me… still a gorgeous snake.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
North San Gabriel River
Georgetown, Tx
Ate a cicada, which is the one on the left side of the last picture
Harassed by Red-winged Blackbird...
This guy/gal looked ancient.
One and two of three total GCW's.
Approx 10 -12 In . 1st Williamson county Heterodon for me
I can count on one hand the number of times I'd seen Coral Snakes on Balcones Canyonlands NWR, but I don't think I ever photographed one. It seemed like it was being chased by a Red-striped Ribbon Snake.
Diamondback Watersnake
Riverby Ranch wetland
area 2
Agkistrodon piscivorus caught and processed at Barton Creek Habitat Preserve. Specimen was measured in a squeeze box, weighed, blood sample taken, PIT tagged, and released.
Photo credits Ellen Airhart and Ian Wright.
(Larger, darker snake) My mom texted me a photo of two snakes she found hanging out together while she was watering plants. ~3.5 hours later, they were still in the same area and I took some more photos. Sometimes the larger snake would move away a foot or two, and eventually the smaller one would slither over to it again. (will create a duplicate post for the other snake)
I think the smaller one is a copperhead, is the larger one also a copperhead or could it be a cottonmouth?
Adult raiding a cottontail rabbit burrow, Lots of high pitched squeals.