Snake season

As soon as the weather warms up, the snakes appear to terrorize the birds - and eat their eggs and young. This female boomslang has taken up residence in the gutter near our upstairs patio. It is opposite the tree where I have my bird feeders and this image shows it about to cross over into the tree! It keeps disappearing before I can phone the snake catcher. I also saw another one outside my kitchen today. I am scared of snakes but the more I see of them the more I realise they are part of nature.....as long as they don't come into my house!