During lunch today, Urling saw something snap at a ground-feeding Spotted Towhee. Several other towhees and a couple of White-crowned Sparrows perched in plum and oak bushes to see what had happened. We went over to inspect and found a large rattlesnake starting to consume a dead towhee. It rattled convincingly. In about an hour it started slithering up our lawn to the cliffs above. It measured at least three feet in length. We haven't seen this kind of action before -- a bit disconcerting when it happens right under your bird feeders.
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