I was fairly sure he was a copperhead, as I never saw any rattles at the time, and he blended in so well with the leaves it was ridiculous/marvelous! Here's a closer up view:

The Art of Camouflage
There is something above and beside that brightly colored bug-eyed looking object. All the sticks are small twigs with straight or curved limbs. The thing right above and to the right of the object is bigger and has an S shape to it. Also the u is in the wrong place in Camouflage. Does that count?

I started to write "Camo", but thought, nah, I'll just spell it out. I should refrain from trying to post things so soon after so much driving during the Christmas break.