A Rescued Grey Rat Snake

      I passed this tiny 8 inch Grey Rat snake on the road and thought it was a stick. I'm getting better and better at backing my car up or swinging it around to save some snake, turtle or opossum.
     The next day I got it to eat a mouse pinkie (a newborn mouse). This baby snake is not a nice one. Everytime I hold it, it spins around, has a temper tantrum and bites over and over.
     I brought it to work and a few meetings to show everyone. But I didn't take it out of the jar or try to hold it. As harmless as it is, I don't want to leave that image in their minds of this thing going crazy.

10/6/11 Cardboard Recycling

     As we don't have recycling at Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge, staff still seperate recyclables and we all take some home with us. Before putting this pile in my car I check it for things like Black Widow Spider and Green Anoles. I try to keep the wildlife in my car to a minimum.

Big Econlocktachee River Clean Up

     When the river I live on floods all kinds of things from upstream go by. While out collecting Water Hyacinth and Chinese Tallow Trees I also found this small tire and some bottles.