Originally Posted by genejockey

Our yard backs onto a creek that has water year 'round, and there are lots of frogs. I like to leave the windows open at night, so I can hear them. No snakes that we've seen, but we have had raccoons and skunks, not to mention deer in the yard. That was before we put in the 6' tall deer fence. Since then, we see deer on the outside of the fence, and one time, a very brazen coyote, who eyeballed me and sauntered away nonchalantly.

I think if we found a non-venomous snake in the yard, we'd all probably go out and ogle it and consider ourselves fortunate.