This little beauty, more often heard than seen, has recently taken up residence in the Lake Claremont's earliest re-vegetated bushland area. It's plaintive song is unmistakable.
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox: Viperidae) I was at the ranch for two days and each day I encountered a rattlesnake. This one came in to drink at one of the small ponds where I was set up.
Taken at the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, San Leandro, CA, USA at about 100m.
Odd bird: appeared to be "nesting" in the middle of a huge expanse of green/brown groundcover with his bright white self for all the raptors to see.
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