The Natural History of Bodega Head

    A quick look at a Western Yellow-bellied Racer ( Coluber constrictor mormon ) this afternoon (3 June 2026) With its head raised, the nic...

    Leaving work tonight (17 September 2025), we noticed a Great Horned Owl ( Bubo virginianus ) perched on top of a telephone pole.  I turn...

    I went for a short walk in the woods today and came across this small snake sunning among the needles and leaves.  I think it's a Co...

    Walking through the dunes today (29 April 2023), I was pleasantly surprised to come across this beautiful Western Yellow-bellied Racer (...

    I saw several of these tracks on the upper beach in Truro, MA, on 28 September 2022.   A wonderful snake track!   Although I looked, I d...

    A beautiful DeKay's Brown Snake ( Storeria dekayi ) crossing a trail in Chatham, MA, today (29 September 2022).   This is a relativ...

    When we were at the Gualala River recently, we realized we were not the only ones searching for toads.  We came across a few garter snak...

  Luis spotted a wonderful Coast Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans terrestris) this morning (12 July 2019).   We felt very ...

      Coast Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans terrestris) , 30 June 2019

When I arrived at the beach at the end of the Abbotts Lagoon trail yesterday, I overheard a family talking about a snake. Intrigued, I wen...

  Eric and I were looking for toads in Walpole, Massachusetts, on 1 October 2017, when we spotted this beautiful Ringneck Snake ( Diado...

An unexpected guest stopped by my office today:   I was a little surprised to look down and see this young garter snake just outs...

Did you hear about the Yellow-bellied Sea Snakes ( Pelamus platura ) that washed ashore in Southern California? There were several article...

  Do you have a guess about the identity of this animal? Here's another view as it disappeared into the grass along the side ...

  A silhouette, unfortunately, but I hardly ever get to show pictures of snakes.  I'm not sure if this counts, but it still seemed ...

  I debated about showing these pictures, but then I decided to go ahead.  It's an opportunity to praise and share images of one of...

  Finally, a real snake for the Year of the Snake! This garter snake was basking in the warm sun on a gravelly road on Bodega Hea...