Tag Archives: crashing wave

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Tami Sutton noticed this lone Western Gull standing on a rocky outcropping while a big wave crashes onshore. That gull had to get wet!

Western Gulls are the only year-round gull here on the Mendonoma Coast, though we see quite a few other species of gulls overwintering here.

Thanks to Tami for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

It was sunny this morning, but clouds are pouring in, creating beautiful patterns in the sky. More rain headed our way. Can you hear that drought breaking? I can!

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Bettye Winters photographed this big breaker off Manchester Beach last week.

Big waves by Bettye Winters

Margaret Lindgren joined in the fun too.

Crashing waves by Margaret Lindgren

Can you almost hear the sound of this wave hitting the rocks?

Thanks to Bettye and Margaret for allowing me to share their photos with you here. Margaret, owner of Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours, was recently featured in an article in the Bend Bulletin about our Coast. You can read it at this link: http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/2398286-151/travel-to-californias-rugged-mendocino-coast#

Margaret's website is: http://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/

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Siegfried and Gretel Matull stopped at the mouth of the Russian River in Jenner. They found the river closed but the Harbor Seals and Gulls didn't seem to mind.

 The wave action was dramatic at times and Siegfried got this photo of a crashing wave.

Rick and I had driven down the coast last Thursday and saw the river was about to flood the deck of the visitors' center. On our way back home, we saw this fellow getting ready to manually open the river - a dangerous task indeed.

We had to go down to Bodega Bay on Monday and saw that the river was at least four feet lower than it was the previous Thursday. Yes, the river was once again open to the Pacific Ocean.

Thanks to Siegfried for allowing me to share his photos with you here.