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Yup, that sure qualifies as a "never seen before" for me too! I have lived on or near the water most of my life....caught plenty of copperheads, nasty brown water snakes....even, and there are those who have disputed this, a moccasin(no mistaking that fat head, white mouth, short fat body) and I've never seen a snake that had caught a fish.

VERY cool catch Mark, very cool and thanks for posting!
 

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Sooo, I’ll make this a short story. Out paddling Friday morning I saw a little splash & a slither and thought there was a mink or weasel or some mammal crawling out onto this rock ledge.

I paddle in a bit closer & quietr, but no mammal in sight. I circle about & come in very close only to discover that a water snake had jumped in & caught a little Bluegill & carried it back onto the ledge. I watched intently as the snake pinned the fish ‘til it had stopped wriggling about, then flipped it about and started the laborious process of swallowing. Spreading its mouth wider & wider as the fish slowly disappeared. Very cool to watch.

Here’s one pix as Mr Snake swallows. I also too some shaky video.
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That's so neat and video in a kayak would be like me on solid ground 😂. I am getting a little better at keeping my hands steady though during such an exciting time. Now to make sure I have a camera.🤗 I never even thought of snakes as a fish eating animal before.wow
 

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When in doubt, on this side of the pond Lyn, we just pick what size hammer to use.....if it still doesn't work, get a bigger hammer! Size, as we all know, matters! LOL

I saw a Bald Eagle down by Rt4 and 301 coming home last week, a first over in that area for me. I saw one come down on carrion 20yds off Rt 301N at 11:45am. It was the perfect view. Bright white head, wings full spread, talons extended....wow!

Looking forward to Marks pics.....
Believe me I've been tempted by the hammer!!
 

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Sooo, I’ll make this a short story. Out paddling Friday morning I saw a little splash & a slither and thought there was a mink or weasel or some mammal crawling out onto this rock ledge.

I paddle in a bit closer & quietr, but no mammal in sight. I circle about & come in very close only to discover that a water snake had jumped in & caught a little Bluegill & carried it back onto the ledge. I watched intently as the snake pinned the fish ‘til it had stopped wriggling about, then flipped it about and started the laborious process of swallowing. Spreading its mouth wider & wider as the fish slowly disappeared. Very cool to watch.

Here’s one pix as Mr Snake swallows. I also too some shaky video.
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It's incredible to have caught that . The size of that snake would put me off being on the water though. We do have water snakes (or snakes that can swim) here but I don't think they're very big.
Great shot!
 

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Good morning all, Just a quick visit as the laptop drives me mad after a short while.
It's a bright sunny morning here but quite chilly.
Lola is still wandering out to graze when it warms up - normally I wouldn't let him at this time of year but he seems to know when to come in so I let him carry on - as long as it's not pouring down.
My laptop has to have a new touchpad - not very good for something less than 3 months old. I'm waiting for someone from Dell to arrange to come and fit it. I don't know how far they have to travel - it may be cheaper for them to send me a new one - I have asked for one but then there's the issue of bank details etc on the hard drive that I wouldn't want to give anyone access to, so may be more secure to just have the new touchpad. These things are sent to try us.
I hope that you're all well and have a good Tuesday.
See you soon.
 

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Good morning all, Just a quick visit as the laptop drives me mad after a short while.
It's a bright sunny morning here but quite chilly.
Lola is still wandering out to graze when it warms up - normally I wouldn't let him at this time of year but he seems to know when to come in so I let him carry on - as long as it's not pouring down.
My laptop has to have a new touchpad - not very good for something less than 3 months old. I'm waiting for someone from Dell to arrange to come and fit it. I don't know how far they have to travel - it may be cheaper for them to send me a new one - I have asked for one but then there's the issue of bank details etc on the hard drive that I wouldn't want to give anyone access to, so may be more secure to just have the new touchpad. These things are sent to try us.
I hope that you're all well and have a good Tuesday.
See you soon.
You can't believe what I'm going through with computer issues and I hear you loud and clear.🥰 My problem is with a well known anti virus I paid for. I have the receipt but don't have the anti virus. I haven't for 236 days. And well... because I am so sick of computers I don't care 😁 can you tell? My receipt said I wouldn't be charged money until March of 2023 to renew it auto. So I finally went on the computer to stop them from taking money from a wrong card number automatically just to be polite 😂 low and behold they had screwed up.😁 Thank the good Lord 💖 my old card number is no good anymore anyway. And the person I finally got to talk to at the new bank said I didn't have to call a virus 🦟 to stop payment. I was happy that I didn't have to call them up and tell them off.🥰
 

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Sooo, I’ll make this a short story. Out paddling Friday morning I saw a little splash & a slither and thought there was a mink or weasel or some mammal crawling out onto this rock ledge.

I paddle in a bit closer & quietr, but no mammal in sight. I circle about & come in very close only to discover that a water snake had jumped in & caught a little Bluegill & carried it back onto the ledge. I watched intently as the snake pinned the fish ‘til it had stopped wriggling about, then flipped it about and started the laborious process of swallowing. Spreading its mouth wider & wider as the fish slowly disappeared. Very cool to watch.

Here’s one pix as Mr Snake swallows. I also too some shaky video.
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Interesting coloration around the mouth. I'm sorry, but if creatures like that live in the water there's no way I'd get anywhere near that water. . . not on the bank, not in a kayak, not no way, no how!!!
 

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Guys, you know I love everyone(cept those I hate) and you guys in particular but I find it highly entertaining that all these Strong, Independent folks (insert "women") who had had "creatures" for decades................and seem not to fear anything life has thrown at them.....

are so obviously afraid of snakes.............


just having fun.....
 

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Interesting coloration around the mouth. I'm sorry, but if creatures like that live in the water there's no way I'd get anywhere near that water. . . not on the bank, not in a kayak, not no way, no how!!!
Hahaha 😁 I have a love hate relationship with them too.😝as long as they leave me alone I'll leave them alone. But if they actually come after me I get the heck out of dodge. That's happened to me. All I did was almost accidentally step on the dufess. He got mad and chased me eeeek!!!! 🤗
 

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Good morning/afternoon all,
Mixed weather day today - at the moment the sun is out but we've had some heavy showers too. Lola had a quick peep outside , saw the rain and decided he would wait a while.

I've had the stitches out of my knee and all's looking good. Also managed to drive myself to the surgery which was a bit uncomfortable but only a short trip so no problems. I start physio on Monday but I think there'll only be a couple of sessions just to make sure I work on the strength.

For those who keep an eye on UK news you'll have seen our new PM is about to become our old PM - the latest has just resigned after only 5 weeks. What a mess we are in!!! For some reason Queen's Another One Bites the Dust keeps playing on my head!

I hope you're all having a good Thursday, the weekend is almost here again!
TTFN
 

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Glad to hear those stitches didn't stay put for 27 days like they wanted you to wait originally<LOL> Lyn and that you are doing well. Let me ask, can you tell the impending weather from the knee yet?

Between ACL's, for about 15-20 yrs I was able to tell when it would rain, 2 days out with a near perfect track record. Then another surgery and BAM, the weather forecasting is gone.....weird.

Truss did not last long.....but it's so divisive that it's doubtful that anyone can pass austerity measures that many feel are required. Good luck to you guys....
 

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Good morning/afternoon all,
Mixed weather day today - at the moment the sun is out but we've had some heavy showers too. Lola had a quick peep outside , saw the rain and decided he would wait a while.

I've had the stitches out of my knee and all's looking good. Also managed to drive myself to the surgery which was a bit uncomfortable but only a short trip so no problems. I start physio on Monday but I think there'll only be a couple of sessions just to make sure I work on the strength.

For those who keep an eye on UK news you'll have seen our new PM is about to become our old PM - the latest has just resigned after only 5 weeks. What a mess we are in!!! For some reason Queen's Another One Bites the Dust keeps playing on my head!

I hope you're all having a good Thursday, the weekend is almost here again!
TTFN
I've been missing the news because I'm sleeping later and later. So I missed all that. I'll be sure and watch though. I'm sure the News will be talking about that for days😉
 

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Guys, you know I love everyone(cept those I hate) and you guys in particular but I find it highly entertaining that all these Strong, Independent folks (insert "women") who had had "creatures" for decades................and seem not to fear anything life has thrown at them.....

are so obviously afraid of snakes.............


just having fun.....

Won't keep them but I have handled plenty in my life even some copperhead.
 

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Won't keep them but I have handled plenty in my life even some copperhead.
I have never handled a copperhead. Early in my marriage, I took my wife to West Virginia to visit my Grandfather house. It in the woods and just before we got out of the car, I told her to be careful because there was always rattle snakes around. We both got out of the car and when I walked around the car, there was a copperhead about 3 ft. from where my wife was standing. Scared the h**l out of both of us. Sorry for the long story.
 

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Won't keep them but I have handled plenty in my life even some copperhead.
That's the way I feel about snakes. I don't want a pet snake but I have seen some in my yard that don't bug me. They're just hunting for mice. As long as they go their merry way we get along fine 😁
 

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Good morning/afternoon all,
Mixed weather day today - at the moment the sun is out but we've had some heavy showers too. Lola had a quick peep outside , saw the rain and decided he would wait a while.

I've had the stitches out of my knee and all's looking good. Also managed to drive myself to the surgery which was a bit uncomfortable but only a short trip so no problems. I start physio on Monday but I think there'll only be a couple of sessions just to make sure I work on the strength.

For those who keep an eye on UK news you'll have seen our new PM is about to become our old PM - the latest has just resigned after only 5 weeks. What a mess we are in!!! For some reason Queen's Another One Bites the Dust keeps playing on my head!

I hope you're all having a good Thursday, the weekend is almost here again!
TTFN
They say time flies when you're having fun but I think it should go way slower even if I'm having fun. 😉 I can't believe we're almost thru another week 😳 I'm so glad that you got thru all that though and all you have to do is exercise 😉😁😘😝👍🥰
 

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FRIDAY.....OMG, thank you for arriving!

This has just been a tiring week.....a couple of migraines just to be sure that I'm not too happy all the time. Just completed some drawn out and difficult negotiations with Target Corp. and I'm tired. My brain is tired<LOL>!

Warren needs to read more of my posts.....just so he won't worry about his "long" posts!! Sometimes I type like I speak.....nonstop!

Kerry's coming over this evening...YAY Jeff....we might go race 50mph Go carts tomorrow. I got a gift cert we never used and it doesn't run out so we may go to White Marsh on the way home tomorrow, and strap in!

looks fun to me; https://autobahnspeed.com/about-autobahn-indoor-speedway-2/
 

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FRIDAY.....OMG, thank you for arriving!

This has just been a tiring week.....a couple of migraines just to be sure that I'm not too happy all the time. Just completed some drawn out and difficult negotiations with Target Corp. and I'm tired. My brain is tired<LOL>!

Warren needs to read more of my posts.....just so he won't worry about his "long" posts!! Sometimes I type like I speak.....nonstop!

Kerry's coming over this evening...YAY Jeff....we might go race 50mph Go carts tomorrow. I got a gift cert we never used and it doesn't run out so we may go to White Marsh on the way home tomorrow, and strap in!

looks fun to me; https://autobahnspeed.com/about-autobahn-indoor-speedway-2/
Feel better and have a good time 🤗
 

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