Three for three so far this year

[Jim Smith]

While I haven't actually gone herping this year, I have managed to find three different species of snakes in the past three days. The first was a very pretty Banded Water snake about 3 feet long, the second was a nice Black Rat snake about the same size and today's was a nice big King Snake about 4-5 feet long. The white markings on this guy were very minimal, almost as if it was the product of a King Snake / Black Racer cross.