Cowslips, Hummingbirds, salamanders and snakes all make an appearance. New categories are added offering Volunteer & Events and a discussion on Public Policy in this weeks Maine Nature News.
Do Garter Snakes Eat Slugs?
August 9, 2012 By
Conventional wisdom (MARAP, Mass Wildlife, latest issue) has it that garter snakes eat slugs. I’ve never been able to confirm this, and I have even noted a garter snake that inadvertently mouthed a slug and appeared to be very distressed about his predicament and tried to wipe the slime off. This little photo sequence suggests […]
Garter Snakes
June 8, 2012 By
This is one of four garter snakes that bask on big rocks at the end of a garden.
Quoddy Nature Notes – A Snake!
May 20, 2011 By
Quoddy Nature Notes by Fred Gralenski The commonest snake we have here in the Quoddy region, as well as across the continental U.S., is the Common Garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. There are about a dozen subspecies in North America, and here we have two: the Eastern Common Garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis, and the Maritime […]
