We had a visitor last night! by Odille Esmonde-Morgan
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There we were happily sitting int he almost dark watching Avatar (hadn’t seen it before) and suddenly there was a clunk from the dining room. Something had knocked the steel bowl I keep under the back of the evaporative air cooler as it sometimes drips a bit.

Ah, just one of the cats, we thought. Then Mr raymond cat, our best hunter, who was on the back of my lounge, became very animated and was staring down there swishing his tail and growling. So Warwick went to have a look and found this reptilian infiltrator!

So it was a call to the wildlife rescue people – it was quite funny, I said to the lady ‘we have a python in our loungeroom’ and she said “That’s a wildlife emergency if ever I heard of one” at which we both started laughing. So the man came out and examined our intruder to make sure he was not hurt in any way and he was released back into the undergrowth at the side of the house.

We later worked out that he came in via the western verandah a few days ago and had been, we suspect, in the cupboard behind that blue milk crate you can see for at least 2 days – as the day before yesterday Raymond and Yoda were VERY interested and trying to get behind it and I chased them off and we fed them biscuits as it was the time and they forgot about it.

Anyway, all turned out well and I got a nice python shot. I must add that spring cleaning IS in progress, we had started on that cupboard and would have found him today!

Flash shot with the Lumix FZ35

And some of the regulars here may remember our earlier visitior, the python with the bathroom fetish here

Note there are 3 photos in the series

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About Odille Esmonde-Morgan

In the late 1970s I completed the 2 years of a 4 yr Professional Photography Cert at TAFE, but was defeated by the physics of lenses.
In 2004 I bought a DSLR & now shoot full time with medium format digital. Many of the images here were shot on my previous kit of professional Canon equipment.
I provide tuition to small groups via photography workshops for small groups (max 5) and Photoshop PP classes, and conduct small group photography tours to Australian & (soon) NZ destinations.

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2012, photographybyodille, new south wales, morelia spilota, coastal carpet python, australia, snake, reptile, herpetofauna

Comments

  • Roy  Massicks
    Roy Massicks5 months ago

    Glad we have no snakes in NZ. He is only looking for somone to cuddle up to. great shot.

  • Yes, but it wasn’t going to be me! Luckily I like snakes but not as bed buddies

    – Odille Esmonde-Morgan

  • myraj
    myraj5 months ago

    Great shot Odille. WOW! fancy having a python in your lounge room.
    Myra

  • Thanks Myra

    – Odille Esmonde-Morgan

  • Ainslie1
    Ainslie15 months ago

    Wow! good capture, not so good in the house!

  • Thanks Ainslie – at least he wasn’t a venomous variety.

    – Odille Esmonde-Morgan

  • Marjolein Katsma
    Marjolein Katsma5 months ago

    Great shot – and a very funny story!

  • Thanks Marjolein – I have an even funnier one about the snake in the bathroom cupboard here and there are 2 other photos as well

    – Odille Esmonde-Morgan

  • lynn carter
    lynn carter4 months ago

    Snakes make me shiver, l must admit he looks beautiful xx

  • He was very beautifully marked Lynn, the snake man said he had just shed his skin.

    – Odille Esmonde-Morgan

  • TonyCrehan
    TonyCrehan4 months ago

    This is getting to be an annual event for you Odille. This time seems to be less scary than finding one when opening the door to the bathroom cabinet. I am not so calm about our Tasmanian Tiger Snakes. Tony:)

  • Tony, I am not so calm about the brown snakes around here either. Luckily here in the subtropics if it is in a tree you can almost bet it is non-poisonous.

    – Odille Esmonde-Morgan