Sara Bogard found this yearling Harbor Seal snoozing on the rocks off the Point Arena Lighthouse Peninsula.
This seal looks pretty content and relaxed. Thanks to Sara for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
We are having a lovely, sunny day with very little wind.
Ron Champoux photographed a beautiful rainbow over The Sea Ranch after the last storm.
There is sure to be a pot of gold on those rocks!
Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
ooo, it's windy today. Real windy. It's the kind of day you don't bother worrying about your hair. A friend calls this "egg beater hair."
Mike Mayda saw this Pygmy Owl standing in front of a glass partition. It's fun to see the reflection of this little owl too.
Mike shooed the owl to safety after taking this photo.
Pygmy Owls hunt songbirds. I have seen one perch on our railing next to a bird feeder, looking for an easy meal. They have "fake" or false eyes on the back of their heads. I took this photo of the back of the head. Don't they look real?
I thank Mike for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
Thursday brought a rainstorm, perhaps the last for a while. Today, Friday, is a beautiful day with clouds drifting by. Tomorrow, Saturday, is the first day of Spring. Happy Spring to you all!
Peter Baye wrote, "Here are photos of the big ‘cheese wheel’ disc concretion about midway along Bowling Ball Beach’s erosion-refreshed cliffs. There is always a new view!"
"Plus, a big earthflow dropped a tree and mass of ice plant down to the shore."
"The beach is gone for now, but will probably return with months of gentle swell.” Peter wrote that the concretion disc was one of the largest he has seen, over 12 feet in diameter and only a foot thick. He described it “like a big coin.”
Bowling Ball Beach is a great place to beach comb after a storm.
Thanks to Peter for allowing me to share his photos with you here.
Wild, wet storm yesterday, Sunday. Today the wind is howling! It is to be clear weather for several days ahead.
Ron Bolander photographed this Snowy Plover at Manchester State Beach. The bird has four bands on its legs.
I'd be interested in learning why any bird needed four tags. Snowy Plovers are wading birds. Their numbers have been decreasing and their status is "Near Threatened." A flock of several dozen call Manchester State Beach home. Dogs are not allowed in that area to protect these birds. The Snowy Plover's call is a soft whistle. You can hear it at this link, which is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Plover/sounds
Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
Today started out cloudy, then the sun broke through. But the wind picked up and it's blowing pretty hard this afternoon. Rain for tomorrow, Sunday.