Hanging out in my friend's garden, which is next to open space. She's had King and Gopher snakes for years.
Northern River Otter climbed up on dock
Not sure if this is the same one I saw a few months ago living in my patio moat, if it is it has gotten a lot bigger! I'm hoping it doesn't eat the beautiful, tiny, Ring-necked Snake I found nearby today.
I lifted up the doormat on my patio, to check on the Arboreal Salamander that lives under a grate, in a moat, and found a beautiful little Ring-neck curled up under the mat! This was at 6 PM, PST. Very exciting and beautiful animal!
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A. Williams, J. Slamovich, R. Brostrom, T. Edwards, M. Evans
3-lobbed leaves that are spine -tipped
slightly leathery
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A. Williams, R. Brostrom, J. Slamovich, M. Evans, T. Edwards
Found outside of natural range. Golf course must have planted it
50-60 feet tall, cones clustered around branches, needles in groups of 3
This newt next to the dining commons casually looked my way when I came by to photograph him, but otherwise didn't move a muscle. Thinking it's a red-bellied newt, but if someone could confirm, that would be great!
Tagging birds while sitting in traffic is a good way to kill the time.
Another regular winter visitor to Big Rock.
Among the winter visitors to Big Rock, they show up around late October, and hang around until about the beginning of spring.
