Saw traces of this guy while Iva was here - several skins. Now, finally saw him long enough to get this photo.
Found out he's a harmless red-bellied watersnake - see this website to see
information and other photos.
http://www.uga.edu/srelherp
A local professor says that sometimes they are more yellowish on the chin and belly like this one.
A few mornings ago, woke up to a churning pond pump - the water in the pond had gotten too low. I went out right away to add water, and took a flash-light (it was only 5:30 am) to look in on the pump. Guess who was there! He had his head poked partway into the pump compartment, and he quickly backed away. That evening, I went to check on the pump again, and he was curled up under water in the bottom of the compartment. Cindy got the neighbor (at this point, didn't know if he was harmless, or a poisonous water mocassin) to help. We scared him out of the pump, but he very quickly slipped into the pond under the big rock. We tried, but couldn't get him out of there. Haven't seen him since.
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