Craig Tooley photographed this Anna's Hummingbird backlit by the sun.
Such a lovely photo. Anna's Hummingbirds are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast.
Thanks to Craig for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photographer, here is his website: www.ruffimage.com
Michael Beattie notice a beautiful Peregrine Falcon soaring through the air.
He watched it join its mate at a nest with two, perhaps three, eggs inside.
Last year there were two known Peregrine Falcon nests on the Mendonoma Coast. Because of Michael, we know there is at least one nest this year.
Thanks to Michael for allowing me to share his photos with you here.
This is what we call the Magical Forest and the Enchanted Forest.
It is found just east of the Gualala Point Regional Campground. The Gualala River glides by.
The new owners of the Gualala Redwoods Lands propose to log in the floodplain of this river, starting at the border of the campground and heading upriver five miles. We just can't bear to let this happen. We have created a petition at change.org. It reads:
To Roger Burch, President of Redwood Empire
Sean Burch, Vice-President and GM of Redwood Empire
Henry Alden, Forester
Re: The Timber Harvest Plan “Dogwood.”
Dear Sirs,
We are residents and visitors of the Mendonoma Coast. We treasure our wild river, the Gualala River. We realize the Burch family recently acquired the 29,000 acres of Gualala Redwoods land previously owned by Dr. Edmunds. Perhaps you don’t realize what the land along the Gualala River, the floodplain of our river, means to us. Your proposed THP “Dogwood” would damage the health of our river and jeopardize the creatures that live in and alongside it.
We respectfully ask you to withdraw this ill-advised logging plan.
We ask you to consider selling the land dubbed “Dogwood” to a conservation group. Since “Dogwood” begins at the border of the campground of Gualala Point Regional Park and then goes five+ miles up the river, this land would be an ideal river park, an ideal extension of Gualala Point Regional Park.
Many of us have walked this land for decades. We call it the “Magical Forest” and the “Enchanted Forest.” To log it would be a disgrace. These 300+ acres are a minute part of your 29,000 acres. We hope that you love our Gualala River enough to preserve its continued recovery from past logging.
Please reconsider – for the sake of our river and for the sake of our community.
This petition has been signed by over 300 people on-line and nearly that many on hard copies being circulated in our area. Will you take a minute and sign on our petition? The link is below. Thank you, thank you!
Mary Sue Ittner noticed these two Northern Alligator Lizards in the sun. The male appears to be biting the head of the female, but this is their mating posture.
Mating ladybugs, and now this. What's next?! Stay tuned.
Thanks to Mary Sue for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Dorise Ford enjoys daily walks at Bower Park. The duck pond is full to the brim from all the rains. This is what Dorise saw recently:
Dorise wrote that she wished she could paint this lovely scene.
Bower Park is on the ridge in Gualala on Old Stage Road. To learn more about this park, here is the link: http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/gs/parks/bower.htm
Thanks to Dorise for allowing me to share her photo with you here.