Common Garter Snake

David Searl photographed this common garter snake preying on a gray tree frog at Mt. Ward in Marlborough.

Rob St. Germain photographed mushrooms, a common garter snake, and a wood frog at Ashland Town Forest.

Jon Turner photographed a common garter snake and a red-winged blackbird in Harvard.

William Watt photographed this common garter snake at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.

Jon Turner photographed this common garter snake in Bolton.

Jon Turner photographed black-capped chickadees, a gray squirrel, a red squirrel, white-throated sparrows, and a common garter snake in Harvard.

Jon Turner photographed a common garter snake, mallards, and a ring-necked duck at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard.

Jon Turner photographed an eastern chipmunk, a blue jay, a Canada goose, a common garter snake, and a black-capped chickadee at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard.

Michael Welles photographed a common garter snake and a praying mantis at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham.

Chris Reardon photographed this common garter snake at Peppergrass Brook Conservation Area in Bedford.