Do you recognize these snakes? You should!
The following snakes are four common local species that are regularly encountered in the San Francisco Bay Area. One is poisonous and the other three are harmless. (In case you haven’t already figured...
View ArticleRattlesnake vs. Gopher Snake: Can you & your kids tell the difference?
Western Rattlesnake by Brian Murphy If you can get a close look at a rattlesnake or a gopher snake, they’re pretty easy to tell apart. But you don’t always get a close look when you find one crawling...
View ArticleVine snakes: Unique video of them feeding at Academy of Sciences
Hello Gary: At feeding time in the California Academy of Sciences’ vine snake exhibit, one blink and you might miss the action. These pencil-thin snakes hunt fish swimming in the water below, striking...
View ArticleRattlesnakes & gopher snakes: How to tell them apart
Poisonous Western rattlesnake (Brian Murphy/Walnut Creek, CA) Spring has sprung and many cold blooded reptiles are now crawling out and about. In case you can’t tell the difference between rattlesnakes...
View ArticleSnakes (surprise!) are commonly found in the middle of town
Gopher snake by Sue Miller, Livermore, CA. Dear Gary: A few weeks ago, while workmen were replacing doors in my Livermore, Calif., house, I was in my side yard and decided to go in to get my...
View ArticleCamouflage: Which is the rattlesnake? Which is the gopher snake?
Photo by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, CA Which photo is the poisonous Western rattlesnake and which photo is the non-poisonous Pacific gopher snake? When it comes to camouflage, no one can top Mother...
View ArticlePhotos of Pacific ringneck snake found in a local yard
Pacific ringneck snake by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, CA *** SPECIAL NOTE: I’M ON VACATION UNTIL OCT. 18, SO NO NEW BLOGS FROM ME UNTIL THEN. I’LL TAKE LOTS OF PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH YOU HERE WHEN I GET...
View ArticleGopher snakes: This is what they look like
Gopher snake in backyard. Photo by Ling Lavezzoli, Walnut Creek, CA. Gary: The other day on a warm afternoon my wife came across about a foot long snake on our concrete patio. She is very curious as...
View ArticleLindsay Wildlife Museum’s Wildlife Exclusion Service
Raccoon in the house. Photo by Maureen Wright, Pittsburg, CA LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM’S WILDLIFE EXCLUSION SERVICE Wildlife exclusion is a service offered by Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek,...
View ArticleCat and garter snake are best of friends.
Tiger Lily and her garter snake friend. Photo by Stephanie Santos, Hayward, CA Gary: I just wanted to share a picture of my cat Tiger Lily and her friend, a neighborhood garter snake, who came for a...
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