Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. WSW wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 52. WSW wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday Sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming SW 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 65.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 64.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 50.
Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.
PFC: 10:20am; AFD: 8:51am
Thu, March 25, 2010 8:23am
Kevin Barron
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I’m sure they’re leveraging the wet weather of late. They could also be Chaparral Whipsnakes or your garden variety California Striped Racer. But I’m no ophiologist. I just used to catch these guys left & right as a kid in these parts, replete with securing them (or lack thereof) in confines much to my mother’s ill-fated encounters. FYI: snakes aren’t big on Oreo cookies.
Thu, March 25, 2010 8:55am
Stephen Scarpaci
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Actually, they are Santa Cruz Gartersnakes (Thamnophis atratus atratus). Ranging from Santa Cruz up to San Francisco. They are very docile ann good snakes :)
Thu, March 25, 2010 9:15am
Barry Parr
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Regardless of their identity, I had to share this tidbit from the Wikipedia article:
Penguins!
Thu, March 25, 2010 12:47pm
Keith Gress
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Cool find, Barry. Can you recall their approximate length? From the surrounding vegetation they appear to be pretty small. I’ve never been fortunate enough to stumble across the little ones like this. Thanks!
(Penguins?! Wonder what species.)
Thu, March 25, 2010 6:21pm
Suzanne Black
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Fairy penguins / little penguins in Southern coastal Australia and coastal South Island New Zealand would still be awfully large for these little garter snakes, but perhaps a whipsnake could eat one if it was a really good swimmer! ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Penguin
Fri, March 26, 2010 7:41am
Barry Parr
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The latest, most-professional identification on these babies is that they’re garter snakes. Montara’s penguins are safe.
Fri, March 26, 2010 9:21am
Kevin Barron
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Hard to tell from the pic, but there’s not enough pattern for it to be a Garter, and/or at least an SF Garter. Eatern Garters can be more monchromatic (striping aside). But again, these are babies, put I vaguely recall Frank Zappa telling us they were pink, and come out at night.