My folks have a family of them in their back yard in Kerrville. I called bullshit when mom mentioned it after I saw the first one about three years ago, but I’m here to tell you it’s real. Folks have about half an acre back yard, enclosed with about a five foot native stone wall, with drainage inlets at the bottom of the wall every ten feet or so. These birds have made their home in the backyard, and have gotten to the point where mom considers them pets. I’ll try and get some pics of them when I get there tonight. Awesome creatures.
Yesterday ran into a few sneks including this cottonmouth. And this Dekay’s Brown. Also saw a mud snek, speckled king, and prairie king but couldn’t get a picture of the ladder. And this little guy came out to see what the commotion was when I was looking for the speckled king.
Correct. One of them was cleaning his shotgun and accidentally blew his boyfriend's head off. Overcome with grief, and not proficient with an over-under .12 gauge, he threw himself off of a pier into 4ft of water, and drowned because he couldn't swim.