He stayed around for a few days, then went back to the swamp in the woods. I've learned that the black racers feed on other snakes, including moccasins, so we like these guys. We get lots of bunnies. I suppose the pond was initially stocked, but since we've lived here, we have never bought fish to put in there. We have plenty of bass, catfish, brim, minnows, crawfish, salamanders, and turtles.
Kids love fishin' on the dock.
We DO have some big 'uns in there. We are lucky to have the wonderful Eglin Reservation in our back yard. This is 769,000 acres of unspoiled forest, owned by the United States Air Force. Our pond is fed by a stream which runs along the edge of our property, and the stream is fed from a swamp in the reservation. This swamp is fed by the Black River, which runs through the reservation.