Author Archives: Jeanne Jackson

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Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand’s trail cam has done it again. Near Point Arena, their camera photographed a Mountain Lion. Jinx wrote, “When I retrieved the photo chip, I found that a Puma strolled past about 5 pm in daylight; first time for that. It seems to be on a one-month pattern. Prior photos were 2/6/20 and 3/13/20, which would lead me to think it was a male keeping an eye on a typical large territory."

“However, one of these photos caught a butt shot that makes it pretty clear to me it’s not a male. Wonders of nature, eh?”

I sent Jinx’ photo to Dr. Quinton Martins, of Living With Lions. He wrote, “Fantastic! So cool – yes, this looks like an older female.” To learn more about Dr. Martins' efforts to protect Mountain Lions, here is his website: https://www.egret.org/living-with-lions

Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Sunny, warm and very breezy - there has to be a LOT of upwelling going on in the ocean today!

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With much of the world sheltering in place, Mother Earth has a chance to recover a bit from our actions. What will we learn from this coronavirus? Will we move forward, change our ways, keeping our Mother's health in the forefront? Or will we go back to business as usual? I vote for the former!

Budd Jones took this photo of the setting sun. A friend of Budd's told him the sunbeam looked like the hand of God reaching out to us.

Thanks to Budd for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

Happy Earth Day!

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We have several flocks of Wild Turkeys on the coast. This is the time of year the magnificent males do their displaying. Paul Tran photographed this group of love-starved males.

What's funny to me is the lone female in the upper right corner - she isn't interested in the slightest.

Here's a photo of a closeup of a male Wild Turkey, taken by Siegfried Matull some years ago. Look at the fantastical colors and textures!

Thanks to Paul and to Siegfried for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Sunny, warm and breezy on the Mendonoma Coast today.

Spring doesn't know...

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It's always a joy when the Ospreys return, right around the first day of Spring. Rick and I get to watch an active nest in Anchor Bay through our spotting scope. While there are multiple nests here, perhaps Ron Bolander photographed the male of the pair we watch.

This Osprey has a very intent look on his face! He hunts fish for his mate, as she sits on the nest, tending to the eggs. He also will bringing nest materials back to the nest on a regular basis. They fine-tune and reinforce their nest daily. Sara Bogard photographed an Osprey bringing nesting materials back to the nest.

He's got quite a haul!

Yesterday, as I was watching the nest, I saw Common Ravens over the nest. They were trying to steal the eggs! The female Osprey stayed on her eggs with her neck extended, while the male Osprey performed aerial maneuvers, dive-bombing the Ravens and chasing them off. Whew! Today all is calm.

Thanks to Ron and Sara for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

We are headed into a warming trend. Today it's in the high 60's with a breeze.

Spring doesn't know...

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They are just so beautiful and jaunty, blooming on coastal meadows. Cream Cups, Platystemon californicus, are a treat to see. Craig Tooley recently photographed some for us to enjoy with the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop.

Cream Cups are members of the Poppy family. Here's a closeup of two of them, taken by Mary Sue Ittner last year.

Thanks to Craig and Mary Sue for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Clouds this morning with a couple of drops of rain, followed by sun breaks this afternoon.

Spring doesn't know...