Bobcat on Game Camera

I've been running my feeder during the summer this year with my game camera active to get an early look at the animals on the property.  By luck, I caught a picture of a bobcat walking by with a squirrel in its mouth.  Until this point, I did not expect to have a bobcat on the property.

The camera time is correct and shows the picture was taken at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.  That is rather strange a bobcats typically are most active immediately before and right after dark and then in the morning.  

From what I understand, bobcats are often solitary animals that do not tolerate others in their home area.  As a result, this is probably the only one on the property.  I'll have to keep an eye out for him.  It's much better than looking at pictures on donkeys on the game camera.

Rat Snake Found on the Road

While driving out to our property today, we found a snake in the road.  The snake looked to have had its head run over by a passing car.  From what I can tell from this website, it is just a rat snake.  

According to Wikipedia, these snakes can get up to 5 foot long and longer.  They have quite a bit of variation in their color and pattern but always have a solid gray head.  Unfortunately, my picture of the head of this one is not that great but it does appear to be gray.  

The rate snake can be appear rather aggressive approaching humans with their mouth open.  The also hit their tail against rocks and trees when encountered to make a rattle type sounds.  

This is the first rat snake I've seen before.  I figure I'll track the types of snakes I encounter here for future reference.