> > I have a hard time believing that it was a snake then--they're not > that talented. I'd guess in that case that it was a larger bird that > got those chicks. > > robyn
Hi Robyn: You have to see to believe how snakes can climb. Logically, it makes no sense at all. After all, they do not have prehensile hands, and aren't they slippery? Yeah, but they don't know that! I have seen with my own eyes how a snake climbed up a perfectly straight wall, and how a cow sucker (rat snake - or whatever it's called) climbed up and through a flimsy bush with me screaming at it while targeting it with a strong stream of water from the hose and my husband banging at it with a rake successfully devouring some brown thrush nestlings. The brown thrush mama or daddy was also attaching the snake at the same time. No good. Next time one of these snakes gets even close to that bush I will get a four-foot horse whip. That is much more effective than a stiff thing like a rake. Some snakes are amazing. Anneliese
