06/22/2025
Someday I’ll learn to keep my phone with me when I’m outside because I’m never in time to get the “cool” shots.
I was out walking the pups around the yard and we always check on the quails at the end of each loop (of the yard) when I heard a weird sounding chirp coming from the aviary that I’ve never heard before. I stood there for a minute to try and figure out which one was making this sound when I noticed there was a black racer (my favorite of all the snakes to see in my yard) creeping about 5’ up on the side of the aviary. Knowing there is absolutely no way the snake could sneak in since the entire aviary from top to below bottom is protected by 1/2” hardware cloth, I ran inside to grab the phone and of course it had given up and was already was down in the garden bed by the time i got back.
I guess the sound I heard was an “Alert Chirp”. The quails were back to sand bathing and weren’t at all stressed, even when Kobe decided to check in with them.
