That's wonderful, can't tell you how happy I am to see others who like snakes, and you're right, there are lots of beauties shared.
One of the posts reminded me of videos I captured long ago, probably 8 or 9 years old now. I was surprised to find them still in existence on youtube. I put them there a few years back to share with my Mom, who had come for a visit and loved the snakes. Excuse the quality, technology was not so advanced back then. Warning: Live food, not knocked out or previously frozen in both of these:
Corn snake and mouse fuzzy I believe this one was "Jr." He was brought to us as an egg, rescued from a father who wanted to destroy the nest. Once he reached adulthood he was released back to the wild.
Black Racer and Brown Anole Hecate. This snake reminded me of the women in old cartoons, the ones who jump up on chairs and start squealing, "eek, a mouse!" We tried to get him to eat mice, he reacted the same way, up into a plant looking back to see if it was coming to get him. It's a shame this video doesn't have it's original music, I set it to Mozart, the lizard's tail was a conductor's baton, had perfect timing. The second one is a little more graphic than the first, due to the way Black Racers hunt in nature. They're more visual-based, as opposed to heat and smell. Hecate would not eat anything that didn't look or move right. donrae: It's the sound that goes ka-shhhh in the night.
BrendaJ: I just want to say thank you for convincing even one other not to kill the snakes in their yard. Oh, and I wish we had that many showing up in our yard, WOW!
snakes? Sometimes that seems like a rare trait. 
