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Specimen #214
Date: December 3, 2011
Location: Highland Falls, NY
Notes: Unseasonably warm in the days prior to
this.
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Specimen #165
Date: April 18, 2011
Location: Putnam Valley, NY
Notes: Just chillin....
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Specimen # 35
Date: April 9, 2009
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Notes: At Pinecliff Sanctuary
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Specimen # 44
Date: April 16, 2009
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Notes: At Pinecliff Sanctuary, with #45 and another
garter
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Specimen # 45
Date: April 16, 2009
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Notes: At Pinecliff Sanctuary with #44 and another
Garter
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Garter snakes are arguably the most frequently encountered Snake in New
York. Many people call them gardener, or garden snakes, and while they are frequently encountered in gardens they were
actually named for their pattern's resemblance to stocking garters.
Garter snakes love to eat earthworms, but will also take slugs, frogs fish
and the occasional small mammal. If you go to grab a garter snake take warning- their bite might not be dangerous but
the foul smelling musk they excrete is sure to get your attention. In the winter Garter Snakes hibernate in
dens below the frost line and can number in the thousands at a given location.
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