CALIFORNIA COAST
One morning I decided to take a drive up the coast.

These ground beetles were seen in a variety of locations.

Broad-footed Mole.

Buckeye Butterfly.

Baby Fence Lizards.

A typical looking Coast Garter Snake.

A Coast with some extra red.

This small amount of vegetation provides enough cover for some creatures to use as habitat.

Fence Lizard with an ocean view.

Dragonflies getting acquainted.

Eventually I moved inland and decided to investigate this pond.

It has a nice population of Santa Cruz Garter Snakes. Here's one basking on dried cattails.

A young Coast Garter Snake that has yet to develop any red coloration.

The biggest Santa Cruz Garter Snake I've ever seen.

It's head reminded me of a Water Snake.

It sure was a nice day to be out herping.

And not a bad day for geocaching either..