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Robin Applegarth created this video in homage of our mother, Mother Earth.

It's seems like Mother Earth is being attacked on nearly every front. With the fires in the Amazon, climate change affecting everyone including animals and plants, this administration's efforts to degrade environmental laws...it's rather overwhelming, isn't it? We must, each of us, pledge to do what we can to help.

Here on the Mendonoma coast, many of us are trying to stop a very harmful timber harvest plan in the Gualala River's floodplain. You can learn more about this at Friends of Gualala River's website: http://gualalariver.org/

Thanks to Robin for allowing me to share her beautiful video with you here.

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Looks like this juvenile Bald Eagle was checking out the Mendonoma coast. We don't know where this Bald Eagle was born. Gail Jackson recently photographed the beautiful bird.

One of Gail's friends thought this could be a Golden Eagle, but just look at that beak. I queried Mark Moore to make sure of the ID. He concurred with the juvenile Bald Eagle ID. He sent this photo of a juvenile with an adult Bald Eagle for us to see.

It's always exciting to see a Bald Eagle. We are thankful they are becoming a more common sighting here on the coast.

Thanks to Gail and Mark for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see more of Gail's nature photography, here is her website: http://gailyimages.com/

It's pretty foggy right along the coast, though we have sun at our place. Much cooler today.

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California Quail chicks can be hard to photograph as they move so fast. Jim Garlock managed to photograph eight of the chicks, a treat to see.

The father quail is near the middle, with the mother on the right. They watch over their many chicks as best they can, though Jim saw a stray cat snatch one of the chicks before he could wave it away. Domestic house cats kill a LOT of birds.

Thanks to Jim for allowing me to share his photo with you.

Sunny, mild weather here today. Huckleberries are ripe and ready for picking!

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This morning Rick and I, along with friends Pam and Eric Ryan, saw a large group of Brown Pelicans on the sandbar of the Gualala River. We were walking the Gualala Bluff Trail when we saw them, a true delight!

Grace O'Malley was at the Bodega Bay Harbor recently when she saw these two Brown Pelicans coming in for a landing. They look like they are tippy-toeing across the surface of the water.

Then, with Grace watching, the two pelicans face-planted into the water. It's enough to make one laugh out loud!

As graceful as Brown Pelicans are in flight, they can be quite clumsy in landing. Ah, we love the Brown Pelicans, graceful or not! They have recently dispersed along the coast - a large group was recently seen resting of Gualala Point Island.

Thanks to Grace for allowing me to share her photos with  you here.

The weather here changed dramatically today. This morning it was warm and still. When we walked the Bluff Trail it was probably in the mid-70s. Then around noon the fog formed up. The temps dropped 15 degrees. Amazing...

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This Buck somehow managed to snag a string of decorative bells. He is quite entangled but seems to be doing okay. He's able to eat, but he isn't able to walk quietly because the bells jingle as he moves. Mark Haveman was the first to let me know about him - the Buck in in the area of Fish Rock Road in Gualala. Bill Bennett then sent me these photos of the poor guy.

It would be nice if we could get them off of him, but that's easier said than done. This Buck might be stuck with the bells until he loses his antlers early next year. Or, hopefully, he will figure a way to remove them.

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

The heavy fog of the past couple of days is gone. It's sunny and breezy today.