Rusty Ring

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

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

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

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

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

(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...

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 ...