It Isn't Easy Seeing Green. May 24th, 2025

Andrea had the latter part of the week off. Our intention was to do a birthday overnite trip somewhere but we didn't get booked in time. (My birthday was Wednesday. I was very sick.) Not getting booked turned out to be a blessing because it got really cold and rainy that Thursday and Friday. We stayed in, watched movies and stuff but... no nature. Saturday the 24th, we were climbing the walls so we went out in 55° temps with sporadic rain. We decided to go to "Green Snake Place" where there is ample rock flipping, which we deemed to be our only hope.

It sprinkled on the way there but it had stopped by the time we parked. Before heading up the hill, we flipped a cold, snoozing Garter, showing us that our inclination was, in fact, correct.

We went up the hill, crossed the field and went to the cliff-face, the best spot for the three species of snakes we have seen here. Surprisingly, there was a Garter laying out in the non-sun, trying to warm up.

I guess the snake knew something we didn't as the sun was now starting to make a valiant attempt to break through the thick clouds.

We set about flipping the easy to reach rocks. I saw as Andrea flipped our First of Year Green Snake.

Stunning.

I hit pay-dirt when I flipped a duo of Greens. There was just a mess of green coils under the rock so I gently grabbed a handful of snake, leaves and broken glass. (This place is disgusting with trash and broken glass. It's so surprising that animals actually live here.) Now we are three.

You don't get many chances in Massachusetts to make a Smooth Green Bouquet, so I took the opportunity.

What could make it even better? Throw in our First of Year Deke!

A Green Snake/ DeKay's Snake hiss-off!

The sun was starting to poke through so we left this amazing spot to explore the rest of the place. Surprisingly, a small bunny was also on the cliff. We saw him eating! Incredibly cute!

The only other species of Reptile or Amphibian that we've ever seen at this place is one Redback and that was years ago. Well, since we were on a roll, we actually found another... a small guy under a massive 40 lb. rock!

After a short hike, we went back to see if anything warmed up on the sunny cliff area. Surprisingly, the only critter we saw was the least likely species... a Deke! 

They are nocturnal while Garters and Greens are diurnal. Those guys must have been out and about now, doing snake things.

That was it for the day as it started to cloud up again and it poured as we drove back. Our plans to go to another spot for Milks was rained out. But no complaints here. I don't think we've ever had a 3 Green day in this state before. I call adding two First of Year species a big win.