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Monday, September 27, 2010  First light reveals a huge indigo ascending an ancient oak. The shiny black serpent is at least seven feet long and wonderfully adept at gliding its impressive length up the tree.

Wednesday, September 09, 2009  It’s not unusual to find several species of South Texas snakes hunting thru the trees but as sometimes the serpents are surprisingly large and occasionally they even have rattles.