Snake ID

[Natural Light Kid]

I was raised calling them ground rattlers too. Often wondered why. See dem all the time hanging up on my barb wire fence. Everyone Is neatly hung up on a barb by their head. Old neighbor says its mocking birds that catch and hang dem out to try to eat later.

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Originally Posted by Natural Light Kid

I was raised calling them ground rattlers too. Often wondered why. See dem all the time hanging up on my barb wire fence. Everyone Is neatly hung up on a barb by their head. Old neighbor says its mocking birds that catch and hang dem out to try to eat later.

Lol! That ain't no mockingbird. That's a shrike, aka butcher bird. That is a way of saving their food, but also a territorial message. Shrikes mark their territories with kills.