Mocking bird vs Ratsnake
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My girlfriend snapped these pics of a mocking bird harrassing a Ratsnake in our front yard. I can always tell when there is a snake around in the yard somewhere close by. The Blue Jays are like a warning signal and get so loud that I can here them inside the house.
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I keep coming by this thread, seeing the pictures and getting a big laugh out of it... I know it's not funny for the animals, but I can't help it. lol
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I know what you mean, funny but not funny. I watched a lil ol mocking bird chase a 6' rat snake about 15 yards across the side of my lawn one day. I thought, why doesn't the snake just stop, defend itself and try and have some lunch :D
I found out why the blue jays act up so badly many years ago when I was a kid. I come across a black rat snake eating a baby blue jay that it had taken out of the nest. Was the first time as a lil boy that I had seen and watched live a snake eat its prey. |
poor ratsnake :(
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Very cool photos, thank for posting. The bird looks VERY smug - what was the outcome?
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The out come was the usual, the snake headed up the old oak tree. It's almost the same every time, up the tree or into the bushes. I can't wait to see just one time, the rat snake snatches up that ol mean mocking bird, constricts it, then down the ol gullet :yesnod:
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