Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 9, 2013. Do you see the last 5 inches of a pencil thin baby Gopher Snake speeding into the dry brush? (Clicking on photo won't make it much better)
This evening, while walking the dog, we spotted a tiny little gopher snake sitting on the curb. When my dog approached it sped off into the grass just as I got one quick shot with my phone. I'd never seen such a tiny foot-long snake.
This is the same section of the hill where another neighbor found a Ring-Necked Snake.