Yesterday, Saturday, we took a hike east of Escondido at South Clevenger Canyon. This was a 4.2 mile out and back with about a 1,000 foot gain. We had two sightings that were unusual.
Can you see it? A horned lizard using its first defense, camouflage.
A young juvenile Blainville's Horned Lizard, a first for us since being in San Diego County.
Our next sighting was a little easier to see! Right on the trail was this beautiful Northern Three-lined Boa, formerly called a Rosy Boa.
They are slow moving docile snakes, but can strike their prey with surprising speed, and constrict powerfully. I had a captive bred one for about ten years before passing it on to another teacher when I retired.
We watched it for awhile as it returned to cover and out of sight.
Like a punctuation mark at the end of the hike, a blooming yucca.
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