Reptiles are People, Too

We never know what we'll find on a walk through the Cedars (semi-arid BLM land near our home).  This guy was particularly eye-catching:
He's a 3 and a half foot long Great Basin Gopher Snake.  He wasn't shy.  He kept coming toward the camera.
Obviously, he was demanding a feature appearance in a blog post, and he's not someone I want to have mad at me!
A little farther along, this sage lizard kindly stood still long enough for a photo.  We often see lizards darting through the sand to a safe hiding place under a bush, but they rarely pause to be admired.  I guess he didn't want the gopher snake being the only represented reptile of the day.

Spring Song

Mr. Goldfinch tweets, "Ya gotta love spring.  I grow my prettiest feathers and the girl finches all go wild for me."
Of course, he's tweeting in the conventional way.  No digital twitters for this handsome fellow.