This snake was seen by the Tuesday morning birding group i go with. It was near Beaver lake in Victoria Canada.I've seen garter snakes every month of the year this year other than January and November. Usually here I've only seen them mid March-mid October. This is a full month earlier than I've ever seen one. also saw a new bird I hadn't seen this year: Green Heron which was the whole point of going to Beaver Lake. So good birding and an unexpected but greatly sppreciated reptile(well a couple of the birders would,ve probably been happy to skip this guy) He was also fairly larg at around 2nd a half to 3 feet.
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Garter snake in December!!!
snakegal123456
Dec 10, 2008 04:41 PM
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TJ.
Dec 10, 2008 11:24 PM
...10 years ago, that is. Found this little guy on December 2, 1998 near Mankato, Minnesota. Daytime temp: 62 degrees F. Up until that date, we still had not had a hard freeze, and barely a first frost. This is the latest date of the season I have ever seen a wild snake outside around here. (Ahh...the old days. Remember 'Global Warming'? Good times) Cool find for you! What were the conditions like?
snakegal123456
Dec 11, 2008 01:57 AM
Well that was the funny thing it was probably equal to around 40 degrees and it hadn't got aboove 50 in a week with once below freezing. It was also pouring rain that day. So it wasn't even nice out. Maybe something distubed it's hibernation den?
