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Cool! Thanks for the quick feedback! I'll update my spotting. (this is awesome! I can't wait to upload a couple of more raptors that are unknown/unsure about.)
Thanks! I'm excited to share my sightings- I have so many interesting ones from within a very small but diverse and rich area.
I used to bring home snakes as a kid. Mom wouldn't let me keep them for too long though. I had a beautiful 4' king snake for a short while. The final straw for Mom was the small gopher snake that got loose in the house!
Very cool pics! I think the Gopher Snake might actually be a California Nightsnake. The close up of the head shows the vertical pupils and dark neck marking.
Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha nuchalata - California Nightsnake
= Hypsiglena torquata nuchalata