Baby Swallow Saves From Wall-Crawling Snake - Garden Net Nabs Predator

(See "Snake Rescue" for this guy's ultimate fate)
Lesson learned: One thing usually DOES lead to another around here. Birds were getting more bush cherries than I was harvesting so time to drape over the plastic garden net. Go to coal shed to retrieve it ... last fall smartly jammed in a bag and placed over SEVEN FEET up so no critters get entangled. Step in, reach up ... and have a FOUR FOOT+ SNAKE TAIL DROP OUT! And while in Snake Alert Mode normally, constantly scanning the ground. CONSTANTLY. You do not step where you cannot see here. So now I gotta look UP?
Just uploading to Rumble. Past year was plenty of rattler jumpscares and freak-outs along with several other species showing up. Bigger Bull (Gopher) snakes COMING IN BACK DOOR (which is never left open anymore) And what's special about Bull Snakes:Show more

NATURE TIME DIGRESSION: 1. Locally they're called Bull Snakes so that's what I'm going with; Gopher sounds less dramatic and menacing.
2. Largest of Montana's snakes, up to TOO MUCH (7-8 ft?) and generally larger than rattlesnakes.
3. They MIMIC the plentiful local and deadly Prairie Rattlesnakes in color and pattern; close enough that nobody's daring to squint closer or compare notes on encounters. Over a dozen rattler encounters for me so far and other than that blood-chilling, unmistakable rattle (nonetheless appreciated), you see that scary brown pattern.
4. BSs will also try to coil up and move their head side to side like rattlers. Their tail slapping is SUPPOSED to mimic rattling or its movement but yet to see or be impressed by that.
5. They will bite; hard according to refs but no venom.
6. Refs say they and P Rattlesnakes can, will and frequently do climb into trees and brush. I did read that so technically warned before but also never have seen that and likely blocked it out on being just too terrifying to think about.
7. Couple weeks later now; the Swallow brood was successful and now zooming about, scooping up skeeters and poising in long perch lines with parents.
8. Since running into both species, the best advice by professionals (and recall from EMT training although is advised for all) to quickly ID a deadly snake vs harmless ... as you're leaping away ... is to look at the HEAD or TAIL. Unless a deadly infant rattlesnake without rattles, a SMOOTH TAIL = harmless. Again this is just for the species here in America. Also a SMOOTH HEAD, ROUND = harmless. Vipers have TRIANGULAR heads and while that might not be clear reading this or trying to conjure up a memory, it's DAMN OBVIOUS in real life.
9. Landlord advises a sidearm or this INSANE 10 foot sharpened hoe when going outside in warm season. Yard included. Another "Aw, can't be THAT bad" turned to pistol and hoe quick. You're minding your own biz on chores then suddenly that rattle. Usually where I was about to step. POINT: 99% of encounters were surprises. 100% could have got me if they wanted. If not cornered, they will flee and/or warn and I appreciate that. Therefore I only had to dispatch one that refused to leave yard and kept engaging me.