MOUNT CHARLESTON
On the following day I decided to pay a visit to this mountain.

But first I checked out this creek that wasn't far away.

Blue Grosbeak.

"You can't sit here"... a Spiny Lizard guarding a park bench.

Woodhouse's Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii).

The place has long been trying to get rid of its invasive Lousiana Swamp Crayfish, but it's a tough battle.

Black-crowned Night-heron.

Sign of the times.

Western Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris).

Comma Butterfly.

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.

A very dark Great Basin Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis longipes).

As it got dark, I continued to see what might be out and about - Wild Burros.

Ovate Shieldback.

A Great Basin Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer) with an orange tint...

...and one with an odd pattern.

Solifuge.

Long-nosed Snake.

Another Long-nose.

Sooty Longwing (Capnobotes fuliginosus).

I found five Desert Sidewinders (Crotalus cerastes) in less than two hours.