This year the city of Point Arena hosted their fireworks show last Saturday night. Fortunately the skies were clear. Paul Kozal was on the bluffs photographing the event.
Happy 4th of July!
Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is his website: http://www.paulkozal.com/
You can only see the caves at Cooks Beach, one at each end of the pocket beach, at a very low tide. Cece Case recently was able to photograph one.
Several years ago Peggy Berryhill photographed the same cave.
It certainly is beautiful! Cooks Beach has become a favorite spot for locals and visitors alike. To learn more about it, here is the link to the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy: http://www.rc-lc.org/Cooks-Beach.html
Thanks to Cece and Peggy for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Alan Reinke recently photographed a beautiful, sharply defined fog bank over the Pacific Ocean. It's our air conditioning, here on the Mendonoma coast.
This morning the fog was heavy and wet, drippy wet. I wish I could send that moistness to the areas of fire, and to those suffering from a terrible heatwave in other parts of the country.
Thanks to Alan for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
There are many good reasons not to leave a rope, or any kind of line, dangling in a tree or bush. Birds can get entangled. Several weeks ago Gary Hopkins photographed a beautiful Great-horned Owl hanging by a wing in a tree, ensnarled in a rope.
Diane Hichwa tells the story. “Gary Hopkins had family visiting. They saw the owl fly past Friday night. Saturday afternoon as they drove on Moonraker Road on The Sea Ranch they saw a Great-horned Owl caught by a rope in a tree! They got a ladder, gloves, blanket and headed down the steep hill. It took a while to get the rope and the bird down. Then it took a long while to unwrap the multiple wraps of rope around the owl’s wrists.”
Diane [center], Gary Hopkins [front] and Rick Hansen [rear] helped with the rescue. This photo was taken by Bryant Hichwa
The owl was transported to Bird Rescue in Santa Rosa, where she was described as “feisty.” The theory about the rope is that ropes were being used to pull power lines just below the tree. One obviously was left behind. The area was thoroughly checked to make sure no rope was left behind to endanger wildlife. Thanks to everyone who helped this owl!
Thanks to Gary and Bryant for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Maria Bardini-Perkins wrote, “On a walk with a friend we came across a meadow filled with colonies of the beautiful California native Tiger Lily. The number and bright color of them took us by surprise!”
Lilium pardalinum are also called Leopard Lilies. Promise me you will never pick them!
Thanks to Maria for allowing me to share her photo with you here.