Duplicated observation for the gopher snake :)
"When beginning our hike my friend Danny and I saw a rattle under a tree. I took a couple of photos. It still alive, not rattling but it would open its mouth and move (pretty awesome).
"On our way back (about 45 min later) from the hike we decided to look under the same tree the rattle was in to get better pictures. We found it but discovered it had been pulled into some nearby bushes by a California Snake ! It was now eating the rattle as its dinner."
Observation and photos by Jessica Medrano, sent to rascals@nhm.org.
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake observation by Jessica Medrano can be found here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1501879
Being consumed by a C.o.helleri. Photo taken by camp counselor, Mike, prior to my arrival to relocate the snake.
Active on the crawl - unexpectedly, given it was below 60F outside
Lyre being eaten by a striped racer. I will create a separate observation for the lyre, located here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112218222 . Photo & observation by Bruce Pavalon
Rattler swallowing a young rabbit
San Diego Alligator lizard was observed consuming a Mediterranean House Gecko on the sidewalk in a residential neighborhood at 21:00 PST.
Baby on the beach
Ingesting a So Pacific rattlesnake
photo by Amila Puhala
Helleri eating a squirrel
Bobcat in my neighbor's carport...
My friend took this photo of a coyote sleeping on his patio. The coyote looks very relaxed.
A pair of red-tailed hawks nested in a nearby equestrian center and I was able to witness the early days of their fledglings.
Observation and photos sent to me by a neighbor, Y. Jin.
I questioned further and received the additional photos and following explanation. What's neat, too, is that the Elgaria has its tail in the first photos, but then at some point, dropped the tail, and the snake also ate the drop tail once it was done with the Elgaria.
"And YES the snake won, but it took some time since the lizard did indeed bite the snake as well! Also after the snake finally swallowed the lizard, it ate the lizard's tail which had fallen off as well."
Interested to know the species of both predator and prey. Spotted at Temescal Gateway Park.
This was the same snake that I had seen the day before.
Second encounter with rattlesnake in shed.
Sixth and final encounter with rattlesnake in shed. I could tell right away that the snake had fully shed its skin.
Yes, this snake was found on January 2nd. I don’t know how and I was very confused in seeing this baby zonata on my hike. First snake of 2020