sfbaywildlife.info Blog » Tilden Regional Park http://blog.sfbaywildlife.info Wildlife-watching escapades and excitement in the San Francisco Bay Area Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:05:28 +0000 en hourly 1 Garter Snakes Galore http://blog.sfbaywildlife.info/species/garter-snakes-galore http://blog.sfbaywildlife.info/species/garter-snakes-galore#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:42:58 +0000 mihir http://blog.sfbaywildlife.info/?p=166 Something about the month of May brought out the garter snakes, both in the wild and even at home.

While I thought seeing what could have been either a California Red-sided Gartersnake or a Coast Gartersnake (frustratingly hard to identify, especially if you only get a quick look) at Tilden Regional Park was fortuitous, our neighbor brought over one that he had found crossing a decently large street next to our house in Pleasanton.

Gartersnake

California Red-sided Gartersnake found crossing a nearby street

We were able to get some pretty nice looks at it – and are somewhat hesitatingly identifying this one as a California Red-sided Gartersnake – before releasing it safely into the nearby hills.

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