Great Horned Owl, some guy next to me (not in our group) fired about 10 burst of 5 shots at this, it never moved or opened its eyes in the 10 mins we stood there.
11th March 2017
Left the house at 5:30am sun was trying to get up, temp was a nice 58 degF, beautiful clear morning. Got to Bolsa Chica via Denny's breakfast stop, Fog Sunny Fog Sunny and Fog, it didnt know what to do.
i heard a strange kind of bird squawk and went to the back of the trees, a coopers/sharp shinned flew off, turned back to the path and almost walked over this.
first gopher snake of the year.