A Snake Journal? Here's mine.

     A newspaper story forwarded by Rebel-Spy-in-Yankee-Land editor Jay, from his new home in Maryland, explains how families can keep a snake journal.

Make a note of the snake's habitat, the particular type of environment in which the species lives, such as a rocky hillside, forest, flowing stream or field.
Include temperatures, humidity, precipitation, amount of cloud cover, sunlight, moonlight, and wind activity. Children especially seem to enjoy this.
With your weather notes on a certain Maryland snake this will also show how the snake reacts to cooler or warmer areas. Each snake is different to temperature and habitat.

   I'm way ahead of them, of course, them being Yankee and all. I've been keeping a snake journal for years. Here's a random selection from, I believe, 1977

Tim's Snake Journal

Make a note of the snake's habitat, the particular type of environment in which the species lives, such as a rocky hillside, forest, flowing stream or field.
Include temperatures, humidity, precipitation, amount of cloud cover, sunlight, moonlight, and wind activity. Children especially seem to enjoy this.
With your weather notes on a certain Maryland snake this will also show how the snake reacts to cooler or warmer areas. Each snake is different to temperature and habitat.

          THEN KILL IT, and KILL IT AGAIN. And Maybe a third time just to be sure. 

    
    They may love their snakes up there in Maryland, down here in Dixie, Tim believes all snakes are venomous and out to kill Tim until proven otherwise.