Dragonflies and Damselflies grace us with their incredible beauty. Ron Bolander was at a friend's lily pond where he found this gorgeous Blue-eyed Darner Dragonfly.
Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
It's foggy along the coast but sunny when you head inland. That makes for a mild day today!
Great Egrets are year-round residents of the Mendonoma Coast. They can often be found near a river. Craig Tooley photographed one resting on a coastal bluff.
In breeding plumage, a patch of feathers on their face near their eyes turns green. We have a smaller egret here, a Snowy Egret. Eric Zetterholm's photo shows the larger Great Egret on the left and the smaller Snowy Egret on the right.
Great Egrets are the symbol of the National Audubon Society. These birds were killed for their feathers, which were used to decorate women's hats. Audubon was founded to stop this practice, thus saving these elegant birds from extinction.
Thanks to Craig and Eric 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: http://www.ruffimage.com
Drippy fog early this morning has completely disappeared. It's a lovely summer day on the Mendonoma Coast.
There are some sunsets that you just shake your head, as you are having a hard time believing what you are seeing. Tricia Schuster photographed such a sunset last Thursday.
Sunset are a specialty of the Mendonoma Coast!
Thanks to Tricia for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
Foggy right at the coastline, sunny and mild at our place in Anchor Bay.
A few weeks ago there was a nice minus-tide in the early morning hours. Bill and his wife, Lonna, headed for Black Point Beach, a spectacular beach at The Sea Ranch. They found the usually inaccessible north end accessible for a short while. What they found were Sea Stars, hundreds and hundreds of healthy Stars.
And look at all those mussels!
Thanks to Bill for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
There is fog over the ocean again today looking like whipped cream, but we are above the fog line at our place in Anchor Bay. It's cooler today, which I'll take any day over the inland heat!
Mary Sue Ittner trained her camera on a few of my favorite wildflowers. The first is Leopard Lily, Lilium pardalinum. They appear in the late spring. A fun myth is if you sniff this wildflower, you will get freckles!
Another late spring wildflower is Ithuriel's Spear, Triteleia laxa. It is named after Ithuriel, an angel in Milton's Paradise Lost.
And finally, Self Heal, Prunella vulgaris. They are members of the Mint family. They are known to have healing properties. As you can see from Mary Sue's photo, they love sun.
Thanks to Mary Sue for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
Here in Anchor Bay it is sunny and warm. But I can see a fog bank over the Pacific Ocean and I think Point Arena to our north might be foggy today.