The Thrashers and the Snake
Jun 18, 2020 16:38:07 #
These Brown Thrashers escorted this snake, which appears to be a juvenile Moccassin, out of my yard and into a side pasture. they refused to let it stay in the area in which they were feeding. I would have killed the snake but I was too busy taking photos.
Jun 18, 2020 16:49:23 #
Jun 18, 2020 16:49:28 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Doesn't look like any moccasin I have ever seen. I don't blame the birds for getting rid of it. Nice photos. I definitely would have killed the snake.
Jun 18, 2020 17:23:48 #
Jun 18, 2020 17:45:34 #
Water moccasin or not I would've killed it. The birds have the right idea.
Great action shots I liked the soft touch on the wings gives it a feel of action.
Great action shots I liked the soft touch on the wings gives it a feel of action.
Jun 18, 2020 17:47:09 #
quixdraw wrote:
Good catch! I just can't let the venomous ones go free. The rest are safe with me.
I agree. By the time I got through taking pictures I couldn't find it. Thanks for looking, QD.
Jun 18, 2020 17:48:30 #
Bigmike1 wrote:
Doesn't look like any moccasin I have ever seen. I don't blame the birds for getting rid of it. Nice photos. I definitely would have killed the snake.
Thanks for looking, Bigmike. If you Google Moccasin you'll find it is very similar. I could be wrong. Like to think I am.
Jun 18, 2020 17:49:07 #
UTMike wrote:
Excellent action sequence, Ken!
Thanks, Mike. Would have been a rattler in your area, I guess.
Jun 18, 2020 17:49:41 #
tramsey wrote:
Water moccasin or not I would've killed it. The birds have the right idea.
Great action shots I liked the soft touch on the wings gives it a feel of action.
Great action shots I liked the soft touch on the wings gives it a feel of action.
Thanks for commenting, tramsey.
Jun 18, 2020 18:50:58 #
Jun 18, 2020 19:18:28 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Nice series with a story! I didn’t know birds would do that.
Too bad it wasn't a hawk. That snake would have been lunch! Thanks for commenting, Carol.
Jun 18, 2020 19:29:08 #
Jun 18, 2020 21:32:07 #
Jun 18, 2020 22:15:16 #
Birds of all kinds will go after a snake to defend their nests. I once saw a Jay and a Mockingbird gang up on a Blacksnake. Normally, these two birds don't get along but they put their differences aside and joined forces to be rid of the snake.
Jun 19, 2020 00:13:01 #
cameranut wrote:
Birds of all kinds will go after a snake to defend their nests. I once saw a Jay and a Mockingbird gang up on a Blacksnake. Normally, these two birds don't get along but they put their differences aside and joined forces to be rid of the snake.
There were some Cardinals that showed up at the end of this fight that I did not photograph. So, yeah, I agree. Thanks for commenting, cameranut.
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