I have had a couple of interesting sightings recently. A red-bellied snake ( Storeria occipitomaculata ) and some immature Harris’s sparrows. I recently managed a good look at a red-bellied snake. They are one of our smaller snakes, growing to perhaps 8-10 inches long. This one was gray, but they can also be various shades of brown to gray. They have a stripe down the center of the back and sides that may be rather inconspicuous as well as some pale spots on the neck. But the conspicuous