Author Archives: Jeanne Jackson

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I attended the Women's March in Gualala this morning. While there, many people came up to me and asked if I had seen the big ocean waves, and if I had seen what had happened to the sandbar of the Gualala River. This is what the sandbar looked like on Thursday when Rick and I walked the Gualala Bluff Trail with our golden, Sunny.

And this is what it looked like today.

This doesn't happen very often! I was told that earlier this morning an ocean wave came completely over the river to the bank near where I was standing when I took this photo. And with more rain coming in later today, it will be interesting and fascinating to see what happens to the estuary of our favorite river.

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Craig Tooley was out on Friday the 13th, photographing the Wolf Moon. I love this first photo of the full moon framed by trees.

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Craig did some research on why the first full  moon in January is called a Wolf Moon. The Farmer's Almanac states: "Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January's full Moon."

Paul Brewer also captured a lovely photo of this moon, but just before it set into a fog bank.

Thanks to Craig and Paul for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is the link to his website: www.ruffimage.com

And to see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

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Ed Roshitsh photographed this Black Bear at his Gualala property, just walking along.

A few weeks earlier, Allan Hogle photographed these bear prints near his farm by Old Stage Road.

Last month, an obviously pregnant Black Bear was caught on a motion detector camera on the ridge. Yes, we do share the Mendonoma coast with several Black Bears.

Thanks to Ed and Allan for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

We are experiencing a big, windy storm today, with two more storms behind it. The drought has broken with all this wonderful winter rain, at least in Northern California.

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In our last series of rainstorms, John Batchelder photographed a very bedraggled, soaked Red-shouldered Hawk.

The hawk doesn't look too happy, does he? Hope he dried out over the past several days of sun.  Here's a photo John took of one of these hawks on a dry day.

Another series of storms is predicted to bring lots of rain to the Mendonoma Coast starting late tomorrow. Here we go again!

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

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Peter Cracknell spotted this Coyote at the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands. We don't see many Coyotes on the coast.

One of my favorite photos of a Coyote was taken some years ago by Pepe Alvarez.

Thanks to Peter and Pepe for allowing me to share their photos with you here.