Looking for an ID on the type of snake. Thanks!
video footage on youtube
Watched this heron take 20 minutes to choke this poor snake down. In that time, he beat the snake, lost it, promptly caught it again, then tried to orient it correctly for eating. When the bird finally got it, this poor snake wrapped its head around the bird's beak to keep a grip on life.
Giant Scelopendrid of some type eating a Tantilla…not entirely sure it’s hobartsmithi. Pretty wild.
This heron flew right over our heads carrying a live writhing snake. I've yet to identify it.
Ratsnake with a story to tell...
Leptodeira (aff. ornata 2) predating on bolitoglossa lignicolor
Publication-
https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v29i1.17924
Light pink with white design on head
Looks like it was eating a turtle
Second day of the Urban Wildlife Conference in DC, and I was lucky to go on a field trip to Teddy Roosevelt Island -- what a super interesting place!
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Snake being eaten by a sandhill crane.
Crane observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138462573
Three sandhill cranes along the edge of the road. One of them caught and ate a smooth greensnake.
Snake observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138462588
White Rock lake, Sunset Bay
4 part story of a coot being taken by a turtle
A Coot Being Pulled Under the Water by a Turtle
I was walking to my car when I heard a commotion in the water and went to see what it was. It looked like a crow or grackle drowning in the water, which did not make sense. I got there with my camera at the end of the struggle. Something was dragging this American Coot under the water.
The Last Time the Coot Surfaced Before Disappearing For Good
This was the last time the coot broke the surface of the water before disappearing below for good. I felt terrible watching this, even as I reminded myself it was normal and part of nature. There was a man there watching too, without a camera. We speculated what it could be. Didn't think a snake, part of it would surely have shown above the water. Didn't think there were any crocodiles or alligators at White Rock. My best guess was a large turtle.
At the End, Air Bubbles At the Surface Marked the Death of the Coot
The calmness only lasted a few seconds then the water started to boil with air bubbles coming up. I stayed there another 5 minutes and nothing broke the surface. I went to tell a friend on the pier about it and when I walked back, the other man who had witnessed it told me that I was correct, a large turtle finally came to the surface in the same place the coot went down.
being eaten by a green heron. 59 degrees F. , overcast
Observation for the snake.
Observation for the bird: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146664948
Ejemplar encontrado durante una práctica de campo con estudiantes de la universidad del sur de Gales.
Individual found during a fieldtrip with students of a university of south Gales.
00102
This record is for the Worm Snake C. amoenus.
This snake was found partially ejected from the abdomen of a deceased Racer C. constrictor on the roadside.
The record for the predator C. constrictor is iNaturalist ID "155201312" and the link is https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155201312
00101
DOR
This record is for the Racer C. constrictor.
This snake was found roadside, presumably killed by a vehicle. A Worm Snake C. amoenus was found partially ejected from the abdomen.
The record for the prey C. amoenus is iNaturalist ID "155201509" and the link is https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155201509
Crotalus oreganus eating Sauromalus ater
Being preyed upon by a great blue heron
being eaten
Lucky capture of incident. Prey originally thought to be worm but noticed snake later in editing. Not clear if the bird succeeded in consuming it. Snake ID suggested by naturalist friend.
different individual from 141267149. Feeding on yellow rumped warbler
Posted on behalf of a friend. The bird is clearly a Great Blue Heron., but we would be interested in thoughts as to what the prey is that it is devouring.
Immature Red-shouldered Hawk eating what I believe to be a CA Striped racer
Amelanistic or possibly albinistic Dekay’s Brown Snake
Young widow with baby blackhead snake
Observation for the gecko, not the spider.
Found this lil one which I have never seen a color morph like this for a Mud snake. I determined it to be one based off the visual/physical features such as the “tail spine”, pattern, head/eye shape, as well as a divided anal plate.
Ceda Sink Trail , Mammoth Cave, Ky
Common Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina
Preying on: Eastern Fox Snake - Pantherophis vulpinus
We had seen a Fox Snake basking in this area the day before. Other birders noted its likely fate.
Eating a snail
Rainbow snake eating a Capefear river Eel
Gt blue heron catching a snake. Not sure of name of snake.
This snake is being carried (and ultimately eaten) by a Great Egret
breakfast for a Cattle Egret
Being eaten by black crowned night heron. the snake wrapped itself around some sticks and the heron had a very difficult time getting the snake killed and removed from the stick.
Orlando Wetlands Park, Orange County, FL, November 2017.
Orlando Wetlands Park, Orange County, FL, November 2017.
In gut contents of DOR Black Racer (Coluber constrictor): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111259008
Orlando Wetlands Park
Observation for snake
Subdued by pied-billed grebe
Some snake killing a bat
Caught and consumed by a white ibis
Hawk flying withsnake. Could have been from anywhere in the local area, didn't see him catch it. 2 Hawks were calling out long before I saw this. Were in the trees on the property, flying to different trees an I walked in the area.
Could be a snake, but I think I see pectoral fins.
Black snake eating a frog
Found it funny bc a male wood frog tried to initiate amplexus in a spotted (bwahahahahhaha)
Need ID on snake which we believe is a Rough Green Snake.
I had no idea that herons liked eating snakes until I saw this!! I think he's eating a common water snake...
immature, with his catch, a Brown Basilisk
See second photo: down the hatch...