They were moving fast, so the photo is a little blurred. But Jon Loveless saw these cute, little chicks hurrying after mom.
Dad was no doubt on guard duty close by. Here's a photo of a beautiful male CA Quail, which was taken by Kathy Willems. 
Thanks to Jon and Kathy for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Fawns continue to be born on the Mendonoma Coast. A Doe will have one, two, or even three fawns. Craig Tooley photographed a Doe with her twin fawns.
They are exquisite, aren't they? Here's another photo of newborn fawns, this one taken by Robert Scarola.
Drive slower this time of year! The Doe will cross a road first, followed by her babies. Just wait a moment or two, and you might have a sighting of your own.
Thanks to Craig and Robert 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
On a recent walk at the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands, Bob Rutemoeller found several native wildflowers in bloom. The first is Goldfields, Lasthenia californica, a member of the Sunflower family. This wildflower can bloom in big carpets of yellow on coastal bluffs.
Next is Earth Brodiaea, also called Ground Brodiaea, Brodiaea terrestris. It's a member of the Lily family.
And last is Coast Onion, also called Wild Onion, Allium dichlamydeum, another member of the Lily family.
Thanks to Bob for allowing me to share his photos with you here. This has been a wonderful spring for native wildflowers!
I'll let Roger Rude tell the story. He wrote, “I was searching a rock structure in 20 feet of water when I came upon a rock gully. As it opened up below me, I could see some large abalones along a hole on the side. I dropped my ab iron, which was attached to a float connected to my dive board, and returned to the surface for air.
“On my next dive, I followed my float line back to the hole and measured three large abalones. I saw one more off to the side, nestled on the ceiling of the hole. This one clicked on my ten-inch gauge.” Roger retrieved his ab iron and easily popped it off the rock.
Roger wrote further, “At the end of my breath, I grabbed the ab and headed for the surface. On the surface I carefully measured it and confirmed it was over ten inches. This was my 40th abalone over ten inches, a small milestone towards the completion of my bucket list of a lifetime goal of 100.”
Here's a photo of one of Roger's other 39 trophy abalones. He looks pretty darn happy, doesn't he?!
Roger's diving partner, Jack Likins, has already recorded his 100th 10-inch abalone, considered trophy abalones, an amazing feat and Roger’s goal. Many divers never get a single trophy abalone. It takes skill, peak conditioning, intelligence and a dash of luck.
Roger took a video of finding the abalone in the first photo. You can see it here: https://youtu.be/auqn-MkmV7g
Thanks to Jack for allowing me to share his photos of Roger, and thanks to Roger for sharing his experience. Roger did tell me the abalone in the video did come off the rock amazingly easily.
Ron LeValley was on a pelagic trip off of Fort Bragg when this Humpback whale spectacularly breached.
Summer is the time we are more likely to see Humpbacks, but they have been seen in greater numbers off the California coast this year. Here is a photo Ron took on a previous pelagic trip. The Humpback came up right next to the boat and was looking at him!
I sure would like to know what the Humpback was thinking when it saw Ron and his camera.
Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Ron's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://levalleyphoto.com/home/
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