"Black Snake in the Hen House!!"

... Sue hollered. That got the attention of Rouse and Andrew, who came running in time to see this bad boy hanging out in the corner of the hen house. He's been helping himself to eggs for awhile, and I think he ate the baby cardinals from the nest in the wine berries. Rouse jerked him out by the tail, stuffed him in a box, and relocated him. My hero! While Rouse was handling him, he spit up egg yolk. There's the incriminating evidence! He was 4 - 5 feet long, and very healthy looking. And why not? He's been well fed!