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  • Peacefully coexisting with snakes

    A black and gray snake, with its tongue sticking out

    As spring advances, I’ve heard and seen the return of many migratory birds. Bats are active as insects emerge from overwintering in the soil, leaflitter, rotting logs, hollow plant stems, and other hidey-holes. Frogs and toads are calling. The warmer temperatures also lure snakes from their tunnels, causing dismay for many people. Fear is a…

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  • Let’s Look: Snakes

    A small ringneck snake curled up on the palm of a hand.

    Several species of snakes hatch or are born in the late summer and early fall, and we’ve received numerous calls and emails requesting snake identification. Most Georgia snakes are non-venomous, beneficial, and protected by law. The exceptions for our area are copperheads, timber rattlers (also called canebrake rattlers), and pygmy rattlers.

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