I was weed eating today around my house and saw something black and shiny...It's my first Speckled Kingsnake of the year

He narrowly escaped the weed eater! There was a nick up around his neck, I'm just glad I saw him in time. He seemed to be doing well when I released him in the flower bed, just very very cold....
We get tons of these in our yard every year along with black rat snakes...