About 20 minutes ago (8:30pm) in the fading light of dusk, Dorothy and I were down walking by the creek when I saw my favourite Nerodia Sipedon (water snake) girl actually fishing for her meal.
She was sitting on the bottom of the creek and grabbing minnows unaware of our presence.
Firstly, it was awesome just how long she stayed completely submerged without surfacing for air, and secondly her effectiveness at grabbing the minnows up was impressive too. as the swarm of fish swam back and forth, she was just effortlessly sucking them down.
We sat and watched until it was too dark to see anymore, it was just amazing to see.
Unfortunately due to the poor light and the fact that it is raining out any attempt to film or photograph would be impossible without either disturbing her or ruining my camera.
In all my life observing the snakes on this property, I have never once until tonight witnessed a water snake fishing.
This particular specimen has been living in the same water hole for quite some time, I honestly believe she is the same girl I photographed and filmed last summer, and when I saw her basking yesterday she looks very gravid too.
Just had to share.
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