Blueberry Snake

Today, I was picking blueberries with my neighbor Nancy. We spotted a black snake caught in the bird proof netting. It was the 2nd snake caught this week in the netting. The last snake brought vultures to feast on it. Not wanting vultures tearing up my netting I chose to remove this dead snake from the netting. As I was doing that the snake moved! It was still alive. It was a long black rat snake with the round pupils. It was very caught in the netting. I took a stick to hold its head while I carefully cut all the netting off his body. He knew he was free the second I clipped the last string. He looked at me, flicked his tongue and took off into the woods. I hope he learns to stay away from nets.