It will come back if it's close enough. It's a compliment to your pond.
Nice and cool and a water supply. At least you won't get any mice or
rodents nearby like I have. I would rather have snakes than rodents !!!!

Ann in Houston wrote:
That's him, alright. His head looked too little to be able to swallow
my fish. I do know, though, that sometimes they can surprise you. I
am glad to have seen the pic, because, if you notice, his head is a bit
scary, in its resemblance to poisonous ones. I just had to rely on
the fact that he didn't look like a rattler, a copperhead, a mocassin,
or a coral snake. Those are our only poisonous ones. Thanks for
finding that for me.