first off, yes. Black Racer. Other people said so I almost didn't respond but something caught my attention... it's in a tree!

Maybe your Racers are different than mine but they seem so clumsy off of the ground. I have read many times that they are not good climbers and occasionally will flee to the lower branches of a bush only when they feel threatened. When I try to catch them they sometimes flee to a small shrub or something at which point they are a heck of a lot easier to catch! I'm left to wonder what it was doing up there. The only time I have ever seen a racer actually climb a tree was right after a group I was in taped a radio transmitter to its side. I think it felt like something was grabbing its tail so it just went higher and higher. Nobody I've ever spoken to has seen anything like it or ever encountered a racer off the ground except right after its released or as it's being chased after by a herpetologist. Cool!

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