A Kingfisher in the Midst of Concrete

  There are many subjects to learn about in the natural world and herpetology is certainly one of them. Bird watching has been my focus for these few months and snakes and frogs are an entirely new group of species. I've been intrigued with snakes since I was young and always took a liking to their iridescent scales and geometric patterns. However, it's been only a year or so since I've seen my first snake and coincidentally, the first 3 snakes I've seen were during foreign excursions. After that, I decided to start looking for the snakes in Hong Kong. Dione's Ratsnake in Jeju, Korea   This sighting was the highlight of my day, having explored most of the exhibits in the Jeju folk museum, I stumbled upon this rat snake slithering in and out of the doors of the model housing. Another notable sighting here was a Jeju weasel hopping out from nowhere and grabbing a snake from some dead grass. Unfortunately, the lightning-speed movements of the weasel prevented