Quote Originally Posted by Catherinedana View Post
One exciting thing I saw last year was a Cooper's Hawk in a tree in the yard next door with a snake and she was footing it and it would rear up to fight back and then she would foot it again. It was crazy!!!
That's awesome! We have a few red-shoulder hawks that come around often. I saw one footing a snake (didn't know it was called "footing" though) in my front yard.

Quote Originally Posted by smokey the elder View Post
Aww, what a cute little snake! I wonder what they eat. Insects, maybe?
I'm not sure what they eat. My guess would be small frogs and lizards. Maybe some insects too?