Rusty Ring

Reflections of an Old-Timey Hermit

Showing posts with label snake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snake. Show all posts
Wednesday, 9 April 2025

WW: Turtle boom

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(Turtles have always been rare on the North Coast. Unlike the other three reptiles that manage to survive here [ this one and this one ...
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Thursday, 21 March 2024

Hermit Habit

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The wildlife of the North Pacific rainforest is famously reserved; where the East has its flashy cardinals , red efts , and indigo bunti...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023

WW: Large snake in the driveway

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( Garter snake [ Thamnophis , suspect sirtalis pickeringii ], something short of 3 feet, recently awakened, and probably pregnant.) A...
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Thursday, 15 September 2022

Local Boa Constrictor

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So I'm breezing along a bike trail through rural country, feeling the exhilaration you get on a bike in Indian summer, when sudden...
Wednesday, 23 February 2022

WW: Hibernating snake

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(Found this garter snake [Thamnophis sirtalis] asleep under a tarp that had been pulled over a stack of gardening supplies sometime last...
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Tuesday, 23 December 2014

WW: Festive Christmas snake

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(I have no idea why this garter snake is afoot – so to speak – on 23 December, in the midst of a typical cold, wet, and grey North Coas...
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Thursday, 21 April 2011

Fair Warning To Parents

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I was out to the zendo a few weeks back, doing some grounds work on a beautiful spring day with no-one around but the warm sun and ...
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