Eastern Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis) swimming to shore

            So, I'm at Cape May Point State Park photographing birds when we see something in the water, maybe a turtle, but it's moving too fast to be a turtle, so I look through the camera and it's a snake swimming towards the shoreline of the lake. I was out on a platform so I was able to get some shots of this eastern gartersnake as it swam along with it's tongue out, checking for scents. I never thought I'd see a snake but when you're out in nature you never know what you'll find! I'm actually surprised that with all the birds present that one of them didn't make a meal of this snake!

Captured with a Canon 7D Mark II and Sigma 150-600mm f/5.6-6.3 OS DG HSM Sports Lens on 8 November 2015.

Taken on: November 12, 2015

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Eastern Gartersnake

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