Alduin the World-Eater, harbinger of the new age, or a new year at least.

Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi

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A pine snake crawling over a fallen tree trunk

And a week before that, I had my lifer of the year! A friggin' #pinesnake!!!! Also in the NC Sandhills!

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