This possum is doing the classic "playing dead". It got over stressed when we went to release it back into the wild. After about 15…

This Praying Mantis is on the window inside our house. Yikes!

I like the great outdoors. Sometimes I think I was born a hundred years too late - I would have been a great Mountain Man…

This is the 2nd picture of the salamander I had dug up in our planter bed. Since I was going to do more digging in the…

We decided to plant some Hibiscus plants in the front of our house...guess who gets to do all the hard work after the wife has…

I'm taking the liberty of posting this, even though it's not an animal in Contra Costa County...but it did happen to me and I live…

Oh look! I have a new friend! This dragonfly landed on my shoulder whilestanding outside. I just watched it for a while until my wife came…

It was neat watching the turkey vultures - and they liked to watch us! Here one is right outside our dining area looking inside at…

Sometimes when we are out sunning, these guys (usually a small group of them) come silently soaring over our house - only about 15 ft…

Gary, This spring two juvenile Turkey Vultures decided our back deck railing made a great morning/evening roosting location. We often see turkey vultures in our area…

Gary, This seemed to be the year to have big scary bugs INSIDE the house! The first Praying Mantis I found crawling along the sliding glass…

A mole caught on a pool sweep float - I like the reflection in the water.