Disclaimer: Yes there is a dead fly on the floor. I live in the country and sweep up half a dozen of them and when I go back into the same room an hour later there's already another half dozen on the floor again. It's so bad I keep a coffee can by the door to put them in, which periodically gets emptied into the wood stove.
good thing ya got warned and not just bit.While clearing the swampy area behind our backyard on Saturday, I ran across one of our local animal "friends". Just as I was going to take my next step, I saw a white object. Thinking it was a flower or mushroom, I leaned closer to see. It turned out to be Water Moccasin (also known as a cottonmouth) right where my next step was going to be! Yikes. It was already in full threat display, mouth fully open and fangs on display. I backed away since they will not. Fun times.
I know water moccasins, easterns, pygmys, corals. I'm from Florida. grew up trying to avoid them my whole life.It is, but the thing with water moccasins is that they are essentially quiet. So if you don't see it, you might get bit. But like much in life, if you are careful there is little to worry about. This my third close encounter with one in tens years, so even in an area prone to them, encounters of not that common.
cotton tails or swamp rabbits. can't tell from the pic...
I was prepping the garden when the shovel caught on a clump of dry grass. I dump old grass, sawdust and mulched leaves on the garden and till them in every Fall. so I was not surprised at hitting a clump. I ran my hand down in it to pull it all out and something warm moved against my fingers. When I jerked my hand out, the top of the nest came off. 5 baby bunnies on the day before Easter. I was worried the mother would abandon them but she fixed the nest and has been attending the babies.
Must be swamp rabbit means something else south of Mason's and Dixon's line, up here it's usually used to refer to muskrat meat...cotton tails or swamp rabbits. can't tell from the pic...
I'm thinkin cotton tails?
just two kinda rabbits in florida. Marsh rabbits and cotton tails. I call marsh rabbits.....swamp rabbits, cause the old timers called them that when i was a boy.Must be swamp rabbit means something else south of Mason's and Dixon's line, up here it's usually used to refer to muskrat meat...
Yep! I've run into all of those snakes here in our yard, except for the Eastern. Not to mention numerous black bears, deer, and a couple of young alligators. Raptors and owls are quite common as well.I know water moccasins, easterns, pygmys, corals. I'm from Florida. grew up trying to avoid them my whole life.
haven't seen a coral since I was a kid. I dont go lookin for them. I have no love for snakes. I leave them be.
nice.Yep! I've run into all of those snakes here in our yard, except for the Eastern. Not to mention numerous black bears, deer, and a couple of young alligators. Raptors and owls are quite common as well.
Central Florida along the I4 corridor.nice.
where y'all at, sw florida area?....dont need exact town just curious what part of the state....
gotcha. between Tampa and Orlando..well actually more like daytona. many consider volusia part of the orlando metro anymore....so still ol' tamplando.Central Florida along the I4 corridor.