Pair of snakes in my yard (photos)

[K9soul]

Oh boy! Do you worry about the dogs grabbing the snakes Jess? How long were they? I couldn't tell by the pictures. We get one once and a while here and I relocate them to the wooded area near our home. Wouldn't bother me a bit except for the dogs, I'm sure they'd kill the snake.

I did worry about the dogs bothering them so I closed off their doggy door until they had gone their separate ways. I doubt the dogs would bother them though, none of my three seem to have a strong prey drive. And I don't worry about the snakes biting since they aren't venomous and have no fangs. They seemed about average sized garter snakes.. maybe a foot or a bit over I would guestimate.

I was following the female as she went through the grass and got too close, seemed to scare her and she whipped right into the shed and banged into it in her panic, I felt bad . Then she slipped under it. I'll be keeping an eye out for them when I'm doing yard work, mostly to avoid hurting them

[lizbud]

Wow, their coloring is beautiful. I'm glad you saw them & will be on the
lookout while mowing.

My dogs would go nuts & chase after them for sure.

[ChrisH]

Oh, my, they are gorgeous! And great pictures, Jess! Thanks for sharing.

[ramanth]

Wow Jess!! It's so hard to find and photograph snakes in the wild and you catch two love struck pair!

Gorgeous photos.

[Lilith Cherry]

They are very beautiful! I get them in a wild part of my yard too( in Canada) and it is interesting to find shed skins looking like ghost snakes. Thanks for the pictures.

[RobiLee]

Awesome photos, Jess!

I usually have a couple of garter snakes in my yard every year but so far I haven't run into any. I have to say that I'm glad because I get a little freaked out by them...lol . Also Katie and Tori like to play with them so I'm glad we haven't run across any yet.

[Barbara]

They are so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this story

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Those are such great pictures.

I'm so impressed you were able to get to your camera and get pictures before they disappeared. We have a lot of snakes in our yard and I always run for my camera in hopes of snapping a few pictures, but they're almost always gone by the time I get back.