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Some are ... The little itty bitty ones I posted above in the fresh dirt are Baby copperheads, they are quite common around here ... But keeping the grass cut, allows my cats to get the mice better, which is why the snakes are here ...
This one wasn't happy when I was evicting it! I pulled 7 of these black rat snakes out of my basement after I moved in ... And I was trapping over a dozen mice every time I came home, they weren't keeping up!
I sealed it up better, and now the cats got it under control for me!
Hers a tiny one that I busted the rock that was its roof with my mower!
Here's a yellow bellied racer in the center of the picture, just sticking its head up to watch me as I was mowing the lawn on the other side of its field!
Turkey Buzzards ... Probably the day after a coyote nailed one of my cats and it was able to crawl into the shed before dying that the two are sitting on top of on the left . . .
Here is a video of a bunch of barn swallows getting lunch!
Barn Swallows
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It’s a Praying Mantis. Most are green, at least they are here. But they can also be brown. They can change color when they molt, which allows them to blend with their primary environment whether that’s green or brown. I don’t recall ever seeing more than a handful of brown ones. The whiskers on the large front legs are spikes for grasping prey.
That particular mantis was a very patient model for a brief photo shoot.
I failed to realize pic 2&3 are the same creature due to camera angle in 2. They are common in Texas,spent lots of time playing with them when I was a kid. Same as yours,predominatly green with an occasional darker hues.
I'm glad to see you have turkey buzzards; all I see around here now are black buzzards. And you can keep your snakes; I'm trying to appreciate them, but so far it isn't working.
This guy came for a visit last time I was at home. Dog learnt the hard way not to get his nose too close.
