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Thank you.  I think the issue before is that I tried to attach two files at the same time.  They appear to have properly attached one at a time.

Got 'em.  

These snakes look tiny.  Juveniles?  We can't say positively from the photos what they are. 

Look through our webpage and especially the MD Dept. of Natural Resources link: https://extension.umd.edu/resource/snakes 

The line down the back suggests garter snakes, the friendly garden snake, but we can't see them clearly enough. 

They are not copperheads or rattle snakes, that is certain, so they are beneficial and keep the mice populations down.  Always good, since mice are the biggest carrier of Lyme disease-infected ticks. 

Ellen

We understand - cell phone photos can be difficult to work with sometimes if the resolution is reduced by the device. It's understandable if you didn't want to get closer to an unidentified snake for a clearer photo.

Yes, Dekay's Brownsnake is a likely candidate; even adults of this species don't get very big, so they could have been fairly mature.
https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/891

Here's another gallery listing that might be useful for future IDs (this list also contains other reptiles): https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/viewChecklist.php?category=Reptiles

Miri