Nature at Your Door Frank Taylor
Nature at Your Door Frank Taylor
NATURE AT YOUR DOOR
This series describes nature as it unfolds through the seasons in the Appalachian mountains and the east coast region. Plants and animals that your might encounter in your backyard, neighborhood or local park or forest are highlighted as they emerge, flower, or become active. How to identify different plants and animals is explained and unique features of the organism's life history, biology, colonial uses and uses by native Americans as food or medicine is reviewed. The voice of video is directed toward young learners and the rich biology and history curriculum content engages learners of all ages and is a guide for teachers to create inquiry-based lessons. The goal is to engage children and families in exploring the world of nature just outside their door! It is biology content rich! With almost 40 years experience in biology teaching I cover many state and national science standards. I frequently include text, life science vocabulary, concepts and themes.
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What if you mistakenly step on it
Hey Frank, thanks for uploading this! I remember as a young boy in southern Ontario, Canada I found a garter snake in my grandpas shop. Up until then, I wasn't aware snakes existed in Canada. So I ran to him and told him there was a snake in the shop and asked him what do to do? He kindly asked me to show him the snake, so I did. He told me it was a "Garter Snake" which I heard as gardener snake. He chuckled, of course.. when I repeated back to him my misunderstanding. He told me the snake was absolutely harmless and that we should put him outside so that he would not get caught in the shop if the door was closed. He grabbed the snake, showed it to me, released it outside on the grass and let him get away. It's one of my fondest memories of him and I miss him dearly. RIP Gramps... you'll never know how much of an effect you had on me that day.
Hi Frank from Pennsylvania student Jeff. Awsome video. I do not have any wildlife from the game lands to report. Just from my backyard. I have more humming birds than I have ever had before. They love the wildflowers. And the crabapple trees I planted are the fullest I've ever had. The rabbits are happy. I'll be off work until September. . God bless my friend. BEST TEACHER EVER. 😊
Thats called hen of the woods here.
OMG. Get to the point
WHAT ABOUT BLACK MUMBA!!!
Maybe I need to hold one to get over this uncomfortable feeling that I get when I see any snake
Note: This video is referring to the U.S. Western Black Rat Snake specifically... Not black snakes in general! If you play with black snakes in Southern Africa, you will die.
I always love seeing black snakes around. I know there are no other snakes around. Great video! I see so many people scared of black snakes but they're really so docile.
Question is black snake poisonous r venomous?
When I was young, I used to keep lots of garter snakes. I was bitten many times, but never suffered any ill effects.
I once found a garter snake that had caught a field mouse, which had chewed a hole in the snake's throat trying to escape, both were dead.
If you got chickens or rabbits - well you won’t for long. 😮
I have common milkweed growing but no Monarch caterpillars. Same thing last year. I do have Milkweed Tussock moth caterpillars. They are really neat looking!
Asian beetles get into my office every fall looking for a place to winter over, will try this later on this year in November. THANKS!!!!!!!!!
I just found one under a rock in northwest Arkansas! It was southern & it showed me his belly. So I googled “black snake with orange belly & found your video. So cool, great educational work, thank u 🙏🏼
The Hudson valley is a shithole
had a young black racer( I D ed by a florida naturalist ) in the garage , at a foot long was not yet black but checkerboard black and white
@richardkocis5273 yes! Exactly. Interesting pattern on the juveniles! 👍🙂
And they are aggressive. Out of all the non venomous bites I have received these little critters pack a walloppe!!!😂 imagine them at 6 or 8 ft. Long .
Lol! True! Fortunately they don't get that big! Phew! 😀
Not speaking from a herpetologists stand point just a naturalists view I find this species very interesting and I try to protect them daily❤
@@kevinsnyder8448 that is great to hear! Thanks for sharing!
Don’t pick up a black cobra so you don’t get bitten how do do one different this from a bad boy Cobra
Mostly by continent! No bad boy cobras in North America! But good point!
I just wanted to take a minute to tell you thank you. I’m Pretty new to Missouri(I’m from the south west) and I’m not used to these dark snakes. I have seen rats snakes on the golf course with a diamond pattern and it’s totally confused me. I’ve then looked at the head and the head is more of a viper shaped head. So, I’m then left doing a google search to try and ID the snake. Even came across a very large black snake with a diamond pattern and someone said it was a cottonmouth. But this snake was very black dark. So what do you think that might’ve been? I have seen a copper head, and what a beautiful snake it was.
I just looked up Missouri and you have a black diamond back water snake sps! (There is also a black version of a timber rattlesnake). mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/northern-diamond-backed-watersnake#:~:text=The%20northern%20diamond%2Dbacked%20watersnake,It%20is%20Missouri%27s%20largest%20watersnake. Ck out this link and others and let me know what you think?
@@natureatyourdoor ok, it had the thick body of that snake (the link you sent) but along the top it was a muddy black color with dark diamonds on the side. It was moving across a small creek. The head looked like a viper but I kept thinking it had to be Rat snake. Sorry I had taken a picture of it to show my brother but since then I’ve deleted it.
Just also wanted to add I’ve also enjoyed a few more of your video. You really are great at teaching.
@phyl9625 thank you so much! That means so much to me!
I had black snake in my coop this morning had one of my chick's in his mouth, I dislike snakes cause we have lots of different ones and I don't like any of them, but this video make me feel better knowing they won't hurt human n good to have them!! Even though it really got me scared this morning!!! Much love from Assyria.
Hi! I am having an on going discussion with hen house owners and black snakes.... they will help eliminate mice and rats that may thrive on chicken feed and environ....is it worth losing an egg or two? Yours is the first I heard actually eating a chick. Thanks for info...continuing to listen to chicken owners...I want to do a research based episode on pros and cons of black rat snakes and chicken coops
here in Florida we find them as small as 3 inches very dark , never longer than a foot
Those tiny ones are mind boggling! Thanks for contributing your observations to collective learning and understanding here!
Thats not a black racer. The head is all wrong. Also no way a black racer would let you hold it like that. They bite... a lot.
Ha! I hear where you are coming from. It is 100 percent absolutely totaly a black racer! But you are right about it not biting or escaping. I don't know if you watched whole video or not but this snake was injured and I took it after filming to the Chattanooga Zoo reptile rescue for successful treatment rehab and release where it was found. Please check out details in video confirming ID. That is the purpose of the video.
The snake did not hear the birds. Snakes are deaf
Sigh. Lol. BUSTED! Yeah...that just came out while talking in front of video camera. In another black snake video I explain their senses, and how they detected prey odor molecules in air with tip of tongue and vomeronasal organ! Thanks for pointing that out!!! 👍😀
The other blacksnake, the black racer, will eat copperheads.
Yes! For sure!
It started with just one wild milkweed plant volunteering in a spot near my front patio, and now there's quite a few plants in that area. I'm excited for the arrival of Monarch caterpillars munching on the leaves. 😊
That is awesome! Great to hear! 🙂
I remember my mom yelling at my brother and me for tearing open the pods when we were little. We had no idea what they were, all we knew is we'd discovered something fun to do.
Lol! 😄
As a 10-yr old in the early 1960's, I'd catch half-a-dozen garters and slip them into my shirt, through the wee bit between buttons. They'd slither around my waist inside my shirt, and I'd chase the girls while the garters wriggled around, bulging and twisting, and I'd be screaming "My guts! They're BURSTING!!" Oh, how they loved that... good times...
How invasive is the Common Milkweed? Is it something that if I start a patch of it on my one acre lot, my subdivision neighbors are going to hate me for it? What if I change my mind and don't really want it? Thanks. JimE
I think it is actually difficult to establish by seed. Your patch will grow by underground stolen. It is a native species so by definition can not really be called invasive but nor is it an "aggressive colonizer. It is easy to eliminate overall slow grower so I'd say a 100 per cent non threat to neighbors. But very good question!
@@natureatyourdoor Thanks Frank. I'll give it a try. JimE
@JimE6243 you bet! Let me know how it goes and send me questions any time as you develop your "stand"! Good luck!
I have a great place to "build a stand", but will they survive in the Northeast?
Does well in my zone 5a yard.
Absolutely! What state do you live in! Very hardy tough plant!
@@natureatyourdoor West central Vt.
@@danielmartens156 I am sure it will be fine! Are you seeing it on fence rows on rural roads?
@danielmartens156 check out this range Map! It thrives up to article circle! Also a great read! Let me know how it goes!
This is real concern for the enviroment through education and sharing knowledge. Nothing to do with what politicians say they do for the planet. Your videos are amazing. Thanks for what you do. Blessings!!❤
Thank you for your support and encouragement!
My backyard full of them... wait for the monarchs..❤
Awesome!!!
It's the Chinese orange one's that bite me, usually when I sweaty, and on the back of my neck. Death by a thousand bites. Clever Chinese, clever.
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I had a cat that would bring California ring neck snakes to me. This was in the Santa Cruz mountains. Annie (the cat) was very gentle with the snakes and she was very proud to bring me these presents! I could tell by her meow whenever she had one in her mouth. Note: the snakes' ring and belly were red.
Cool cat! 😀 I would live to have a snake hunter cat lake that! I am wondering if it will also surprise you with one of the little rattlesnakes soon? Be sure to get video for me! 😀
In Oregon they were very orange on the belly.
Fascinating! Thanks for the bio-geography color morp report from Oregon! 👍🙂
Omg, she's precious. Thanks for being a friend to the caterpillars! They need us!
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what an amazing teacher. Your students were very fortunate
Thank you for kind words and encouraging me on this effort!
They smell bad from what I remember.
Any snake you scare while handling will put scat on you and yeah it stinks very much.
@@kyststudio-epicartadventure Poo on my hand? Yummy!
True! But this one spared me!
Hell nah 😂😂😂😂
🤔🤣😅😂😂
Hi Frank. From Pennsylvania buddy Jeff. I love my favorite teacher's videos. I have 1 .more week of no lifting. I've been sitting since July 19. We are headed to our Maine cabin August 10th. . As soon as I come home I'll stack my firewood. And im building a small water pool under my trees for the tree frogs and my toes. They are very awsome little critters. And something else. The humming birds love their wildflowers patch. I have more of them than I've ever had. 😊😊😊 God bless Frank.
I did a small plastic box store pond maybe 150 gallon by the house! It is full of frogs and tadpoles!
The older I get the less chances of me killing anything I mean I relocate rattlesnakes just to get them out of my area I hate killing anything
I hear you! I am same way. Awesome you relocate even the rattlesnakes!
We cherish certain beings yet slaughter billions of others …. 😢
Sigh.
Just remember if you come to Australia we have the gorgeous RED bellied black snake. Very shy and in offensive but definitely toxic and a rousable snake. There are a few others that can be black so in Oz stay well clear of all our snake we have the to 5 venom wise. Thanks for the vid
Love hearing from my Aussie friends! Yes! Thank you for pointing that out to me as well as all viewers. When I started this channel I expected local viewers only..I know need to be conscious of it world wide viewer ship! Thanks for the Australian perspective! Btw ..my dad was a Kiwi and I gave very close cousins in Sydney!
Years ago I bought an old house. There was a rotten maple tree stump in the front yard. I broke it open to get it out of my yard. All of a sudden I fell three feet into a pit of water and at least 100 snakes. They were small like the snake you show and up to a few the size and length of a broom handle. Most of these snakes were garter snakes. But, at least a dozen or more were copperheads. No one was happy about all this ruckus. I was not bitten.
Wow! Amazing!!! A surprise den! Hibernaculum?
Don't fear acknowledge snakes? Ummm play with a black mamba!
Aaaaaagggghhh! Lol. Yes true! Also Australia's black snake is deadly as well! I should be more specific!
I know I'm quite a bit late to the party, but I saw a black snake (king snake?) climbing a tree in Indiana. I wasn't afraid or surprised by it, but I knew it was just going about it's business so i just watched it for about 15 minutes or so. It was definitely a great experience and i hope it'll happen again one day
I d bet it was a black snake...they are truly arboreal for all practical purposes! Check out what can a black snake climb video. You certainly had a memorable experience!!!
What a nice man, love this video
Glad you enjoyed it! 😉
@@natureatyourdoor most definitely
@@tyjeter5880 I hope you will check out my playlists for more topics you may enjoy...and always available to answer any questions left in comments! 👍
@@natureatyourdoor I’ll do that as we speak. Thank you so much
Good ole black snake. I have a family that continues in my shop. The first time I met the black snake I named it Eboneezer ( ebony for black ). Well Eboneezer must have been a female for later on there were young ones showing up ( I named them Ebi Jr.'s ). So now some years later I have lost track of who is who and I do know once in a while the original Eboneezer I think shows up for he or she is huge and I just go and say hello and he or she gives me a look over and just rest over head keeping the shop clean of rodents and maybe some camel crickets also. Each beginning of Spring they and their new family show up, it is kinda the indicator Spring is officially here. We live in NC, and have a few copperheads that show up. They are very docile and we have helped a few that had unfortunately gotten trapped in garden netting ( of which we took down after discovering it is bad for snakes ). Not once has a copperhead tried to strike at us, even had to step over some when running on a trail and they just scooted out of the way. It is disturbing to us when people feel they have to kill these native species of snakes. Thanks for educating folks on these snakes !!!
Thanks for sharing your experiences here and educating viewers as well. I have rescued snakes from bird netting as well...see my Black snake rescue video!