Just in Passing: Western Garter Snake (Southbound) Meets Bullsnake (Northbound)
Peaceable Encounter, Garden, Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado, Spring.
The bullsnake had been pecked without mercy near its right eye by a scrub jay. It was the jay's diving movements that made me think it was attacking a snake. When I went outside to investigate, my suspicions were confirmed and I saw a red puncture mark (likely non-lethal) on the bullsnake's head.
The bullsnake was trying to make a fast exit from the area and it moved at my walking pace. I moved alongside it as it appeared to return to its home area behind our home.
I first saw a Western garter snake under our deck, which was where it remained. Meanwhile, as I moved next to the bullsnake, another garter snake (of about the other garter snake's same size) appeared.
I had no idea what to expect as they were so close to each other! I can't say for sure if the two snakes touched each other, but they certainly passed parallel to each other.
They didn't slow down or appear to react to each other's presence. Instead they continued on each of their separate ways.
Just in Passing: Western Garter Snake (Southbound) Meets Bullsnake (Northbound)
Peaceable Encounter, Garden, Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado, Spring.
The bullsnake had been pecked without mercy near its right eye by a scrub jay. It was the jay's diving movements that made me think it was attacking a snake. When I went outside to investigate, my suspicions were confirmed and I saw a red puncture mark (likely non-lethal) on the bullsnake's head.
The bullsnake was trying to make a fast exit from the area and it moved at my walking pace. I moved alongside it as it appeared to return to its home area behind our home.
I first saw a Western garter snake under our deck, which was where it remained. Meanwhile, as I moved next to the bullsnake, another garter snake (of about the other garter snake's same size) appeared.
I had no idea what to expect as they were so close to each other! I can't say for sure if the two snakes touched each other, but they certainly passed parallel to each other.
They didn't slow down or appear to react to each other's presence. Instead they continued on each of their separate ways.