[stonyloam]

Thanks everyone! I am glad you liked the photo. As for the ID, I am certainly not an expert, but I believe that the eastern is by far the most common around here. I have added a couple of photos to my gallery that might help in the ID. Our (around our house) most common snakes are garter and eastern milk snakes (up to 3 1/2 feet). Had 3 baby milk snakes in the garage last fall, so I put them in the woodpile so hopefully they will winter over OK. I did not keep the blue one, it is probably better off in the wild. I saw it twice last year once at the edge of the yard near a swampy brushy area and the second time under the shrubbery next to the house porch. I am hoping it will be back this spring. It is raining today so there are only a few youngsters in the sunroom this morning, when it warms up I'll try to get some good photos to post.