Feb 29th 2016 Eastern Water Snake

HI, I found this one while out today. I had an appointment late this morning,so I took the day off from work. After lunch,I went out for a bit before the rain moved in, and found this one on the trail going into the marsh. Enjoy this one. I think it's a male,because the females are much larger.
 I'm still baffled as to why I'm seeing these this early..we've had a very mild winter,but they should still be sleeping for another 3 weeks. If we have a storm come in like they think this weekend..the turtles and snake I've found will have a tough time surviving.