Snake ID

LMT66

LMT66

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Can anyone ID this? Found a couple up in trees over a little bog. They like water and swim well and hid under it after I prodded them. 3-4 feet long.
Location around Northern Illinois.

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This one had red and greyish bands.

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Tactical toad

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All were over this little bog.

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The first is a Brown Banded Water Snake, the second looks like a Red Rat Snake aka Corn Snake. The Second pictures were a little dark to be certain. Both are non venomous. The Brown banded water snake is aften seen sunnunkg in branches over water and in the company of Water Moccasins.
 
Fubarski said:
That bog looks like it was the foundation of a house/root cellar? at some point.
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Or water supply, water for my childhood home came from a "Spring House" that might look like that years down the road.

My grandpa used to keep his High Lifes out there, so granny wouldn't find out probably, but he never yelled when one or two came up missing. ;) Chris
 
5th pic is a corn snake for sure, totally harmless also very calm things.
the other is some kind of water snake probably not posionous im not 100% though
 
banana-clip said:
Cool pics, i never seen a snake in the tree's like that before.
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Next time you hear a bunch of blue jays raising hell go check it out, chances are, there's a snake getting too close to a nest.

Don't know where you are in GA but it don't much matter, find a decent size stream and ease along checking out the limbs hanging over the water, you'll see some snakes in the trees. :D
 
The foundation very well may have been any of the above mentioned or all . This is located between two (of 5) old limestone quarries that operated from the 1840's thru 1900.
It is also directly adjacent to the I&M Canal and just beyond that the Sanitary and Ship Canal in Lemont, Illinois.
http://www.lemont.il.us/index.aspx?NID=158

More foundations near it.

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4 pages with info and pictures to scroll thru:
http://www.township.com/lemont/Historical/PixPages/Quarries/Quarry1.htm

15 pages:
http://www.township.com/lemont/historical/PixPages/Canal/Sanit/SanitCanal01.html

The entire area contains old foundations, continuous berms made of spoil from digging out both canals, bridges, rock piles. Never a dull moment exploring around the area and a great place to practice skills!

Misc pics of days out and about in the area.

I&M Canal. Mules walked on either side and pulled boats up and down it to move goods and supplies.

You can barely make it out but there was a bridge accross here in this spot. The bridge was most likely a wood deck bridge that rotated to allow boats past.

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Ship Canal with original limestone walls (from the quarries next to it) still intact.

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Wow, some great pics. Should get your work laid out online somewhere so people can find it. I'm certain there are shots you could sell.

I didn't see any snakes when I was out there... kinda grateful too. If I don't know what it is, I don't want it near me.

I still have to look into a small, decent & affordable digital camera at some point. Not at this moment, I have to get over what I spent at REI... :eek:
 
thats a sweet spot you have there... I am with others on the snake type but I have diffrent names for both of them ... "lunch and dinner" yum
 
Without question, both snakes are Nerodia sipedon or northern water snakes. The red pattern on the sides and belly is probably what led some to believe the one to be a corn snake, but trust me, they are both northern waters. They were probably up in the trees basking to warm up before descending to hunt for frogs. Great pics too! Looks like an awesome place to poke around.
 
Thank god we don't have snakes in trees here or I would never go outside! Snakes give me the heebeejeebies!
 
More pictures ! :jerkit:
Don't leave the trout on a stringer or that beeyatch will be attached to one.
 
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