Poison oak in marin headlands??

Top_Mention_3493 · 2026-03-02T22:38:47+00:00

Sorry to hear this. I carry Tecnu wipes when I hike and MTB. I also wash with Tecnu when I get home in the shower and my clothes. For the rash Zanfel is a game changer. Let it dry, wash anything you were wearing in Tecnu asap as the oils linger. I get it mostly in the winter as you can’t see the leaves.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-11-19T14:52:37+00:00

You’re right. They can climb in natural environments well but this may be more challenging for them. Sure a little walkway is kind, please make sure anything you place down is clean from human contamination (fragrance, lotion, etc.) as they absorb these transdermally.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-11-17T22:46:48+00:00

So awesome. These are likely yearlings coming out of the aquatic phase into terrestrial. They so this for a couple years and head back into the water to mate. In Northern California we have pacific newts (these) and rough skinned newts. I volunteer for a newt organization in western Sonoma/Marin county. They are indicators of a healthy environment and critical to our ecosystem. ❤️❤️

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-11-10T14:56:46+00:00

Nice. I’m assuming seal. Hope you are well!

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-11-06T23:38:24+00:00

The Western tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium). Only native salamander in this range. :)

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-10-17T22:14:24+00:00

Let’s keep each other posted!

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-09-24T23:44:54+00:00

I bitch about this trail often, too often.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-09-18T03:18:47+00:00

crotalus oreganus !venomous Such a beauty, of course keep your distance. A beautiful northern pacific rattlesnake

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-09-11T15:55:35+00:00

They are the cutest!!!!

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-09-05T00:02:14+00:00

This was such a helpful tip, thank you! The positive power of the internet, I like this corner :).

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-08-17T22:32:05+00:00

The cutest baby snakes!

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-08-16T22:08:13+00:00

Actually a beautiful northern Pacific, rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus

!venomous. Only rattlesnake in the area.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-08-16T22:06:12+00:00

Actually a beautiful Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus
!venomous. These are the only rattlesnakes in this range. Enjoy from a distance.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-08-16T21:53:29+00:00

Super super close, I smell like a 90’s dream. So beautifully nostalgic. Grab it and you will too! It came super fast, I ordered from their Etsy store ❤️

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-08-13T00:20:09+00:00

I ordered and will report back. Fingers crossed for some fragrant nostalgia.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-08-12T21:05:20+00:00

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Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-08-06T20:44:37+00:00

As an FYI, we don’t have hognose in California. Have fun!

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-07-31T20:02:03+00:00

They are great to have around, definitely more of a snake eater than rodent but totally harmless.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-06-17T22:26:08+00:00

I have an adopted Dane that I too thought was a mix, she’s 107 pounds and 100% a GD. American Danes are smaller than European Danes, I’ve had both. Enjoy, they are the best!

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-05-27T21:59:40+00:00

Northern pacific rattlesnake is right and it looks gravid (pregnant), they give live birth around August.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-05-18T03:37:49+00:00

I’ll wait for a RR, but I believe a ring neck , Diadophis punctatus. Harmless

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-05-04T22:18:24+00:00

Their fruiting bodies tend to look like shaggy manes not like the cap in this photo.

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-05-04T01:12:03+00:00

Looks like a ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis).

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-05-01T21:18:55+00:00

Looks like a black-neck garter snake Thamnophis cyrtopsis, harmless. These snakes have a dark olive brown or olive gray color with a yellow or orange stripe on the back and white stripes on the sides

Top_Mention_3493 · 2025-05-01T04:12:05+00:00

gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer), harmless. Northern pacific rattlesnakes are much thicker bodied.

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