Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Chicken snake in the pigeon coop

 The major predator for our area is the chicken snake. Once they get into the coop they will eat the eggs and the baby's. Sometimes they will try to eat a larger bird and end up suffocating it. This one ate 2 baby birds and was so full  it curled up to sleep. I found it when I was checking on how large the squeakers were so I could band them.
You can see here the big bulge in his stomach. He was not a happy camper, so he bit the handler.

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