Juvenile Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) climbing the railing on our swamp boardwalk.

Eastern Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum flagellum). First time I've caught one. Had never seen one at the gardens either. Gardeners found it in an irrigation box out in the garden.

Tree Swallow over Ruby Lake

This coin popped out of the ground while digging for bottles in Orange, Texas. Canadian one cent piece from 1876.

Found these in a swamp off a back road on garden property yesterday and today. The beer bottle is from 1962 and the whiskey bottle is from 1957. The jar is a Hazel Atlas.

Found more vintage bottles today, they date from the late 20's to the late 30's

Found a Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spider (Myrmekiaphila comstocki) while digging for bottles

Vintage bottles from the late 20s to late 30s found today.

Vintage bottles from the late 20s early 30s found earlier this week at a new trash pile near the previous one.

Found today, two of the whiskey bottles predate 1936, the third is from 1951

Latest finds from a trash pile i found in the woods at work