08/23/2026
The past week has been incredibly snakey, with a ton of nighttime snake encounters and a notable bump in pairs or trios of snakes.
Late in the summer/early (meteorological) fall, right as baby snake season really gets going, is a secondary mating season. This is why there has been a big surge of sightings of males in combat over the past couple weeks. In a lot of those cases, the males are fighting over a nearby female.
Outside of this behavior, the warm evenings as of late have been excellent for nocturnal snake activity. Around half of the snakes I've removed in the past week have been after sunset, a trend that will likely continue into the coming week as weather conditions remain fairly steady.