A male, er, cleaning himself for quite a while. Stopped when he noticed me and then gave me a sound scolding, lol.

Two squirrels calling in the recording, this one and then another nearby (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11431855).

This one is the not-all-grey variant with a bit of brown across the shoulders and neck. No brown in the tail, paws, or face, though. Scolding was accompanied by stomping one front foot.

Amazing encounter watching this lizard biting snake. Snuggled up to tire after we stopped to look. (Not stuck or driven on!) Eventually all departed separately. Lizard ran down road full speed way up on its feet.

I have trouble believing this is a gopher snake. it looks very similar to a morph of of a king snake I saw a couple of weeks ago in the same area. the stripes are very pronounced and unlike a gopher snake. It looks like it may have been eaten by a great Blue heron. there were huge blue grey feathers next to the carcass.

Epic coot slap fight! 2 coots going at it nonstop for more than 10 minutes. 2 had some huge problem with each other and would rear up and kick at each other and peck/bite. Occasionally another 1-3 random passerby coots would come charging in and hit indiscriminately at either of the pair for a while before departing. Strange!

Videos:
1.) https://youtu.be/Tbt5NdC_w78 (many coots pile on)
2.) https://youtu.be/MEFFgCtecE8 (extended three-way slap fight)
3.) https://youtu.be/agt1JDt1Shk (end of the fight. this makes it look like one of the coots died, but actually it swan away underwater and re-emerged far away)

Found on beach by Dan Spach’s Wilderness Youth Project group. Turns out they were not the first to observe it, but at the time it seemed like it. So exciting for all the kids to experience first hand such a unique find!! WYP has said “we’re in the business of creating peak experiences.” This was certainly one of them!

Using a San Francisco Alligator Lizard as a pillow. There was no predation occurring here. The snake never acted aggressively towards the lizard. They just slept like this until the lizard wandered off.

Bamboo Pit Viper (Trimeresurus gramineus Shaw, 1802).

Habitat: It is found in bamboo groves and forests, usually near streams.

The range of this species has been restricted to southern India. It is also rarely seen near Harishchandragad and some other mountain ranges of Western Ghats aka Sahyadris in Maharashtra.

SURPRISED TO SEE SUCH A CASUAL YAWN, THANKS TO OUR CAMERAS THESE DAYS, THEY HAPPEN TO HELP IN SUCH MOMENTS, TAKEN WITH CANON 100-400MM SO HAD PROBLEMS WITH DEPTH OF FIELD.

in the absence of a trunk or stone to lean on, a capybara may be an option;
I have observed these two individuals do this twice;

see also
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/nelson_wisnik/21258-the-friendly-capybara

Seen early morning outside my office front door, constricting a large gecko that, in turn, had a grip on the snake. Fortunately for the snake the gecko only had hold of a skin flap at the snake's throat, narrowly missing its trachea.
I placed an inverted basket over the pair so that the drama could play out undisturbed by foot traffic.
Later, when I removed the basket it was evident that the snake has prevailed. Only sign of the gecko was a lump in the snake.