Sightings

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Anna's Hummingbirds are very beautiful when the light hits their feathers. It was a foggy day when Michael Reinhart took this photo, but there was enough light to "light up" this hummer.

Anna's Hummingbirds are year round residents of the Mendonoma coast. I was recently asked about whether hummingbird feeders should be taken in for the winter. In many places you need to take them in, as the hummingbirds need to migrate. Here, as long as you keep them clean, you can leave them up for our local hummers. There are native plants like manzanitas that bloom in the winter to help feed them.

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

Today is a transition day. Warm this morning, cooling off this afternoon, rain predicted for tomorrow and much cooler!

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Rozanne Rapozo saw this driftwood art several weeks ago. She wrote, "We have some very creative beachcombers!  A friend spotted this on the beach a day or two earlier and then alerted us.  We saw it originally from the bluff at Gualala Point Regional Park and immediately had to go down on to the beach to  photograph it."

"Needless to say, I was taken aback by the creativity involved, from finding the ‘head’ and then carefully creating the skeleton by selecting appropriately sized ‘bones’ in varying lengths to build the dinosaur body.  Too bad this wasn’t done as part of a contest, because it clearly would have won first prize! Thanks go out to the person or persons who did it!”

And thanks to Rozanne for photographing it so we can see it too, and for allowing me to share her photograph with you here.

Warm, no wind, high wispy clouds, a beautiful sunrise...it's close to a perfect day here on the Mendonoma Coast!

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Teresa Denniston caught the contrail of a jet (see upper left corner) in the early morning sky. The Gualala River and the lights of houses on the bluffs are basking in the soft golden glow.

A beautiful photo of a beautiful place! Thanks to Teresa for allowing me to share it with you here.

Big windy storm overnight. The day before brought .66 inches of rain, and last night 1.55 inches at Rick's and my place in Anchor Bay. Total season to date is 6.96 inches. I'm wondering if the Gualala River will breach the sandbar today. I checked this morning but it was still closed.

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It was sunset on Oct. 17th that Eric Zetterholm photographed the setting sun. His reward was a rare photo of a double green flash.

Eric went out two days later to see if he could do it again, but a pesky gull flew across his view at the crucial moment.

With the time change, the sun will be setting around 5:30 or so beginning with today's sunset. Will you be watching?

Thanks to Eric for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

It's been a beautiful day on the Mendonoma coast today. Slight breeze, temps in the low 70's. We especially enjoyed it knowing there is rain in the forecast!

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We've had enough rain for mushrooms to appear. Boletus edulis, King Boletes, are up, causing many people to have a smile on their faces! A delicious edible, we usually hope to see them in time for Thanksgiving. Early rains are a blessing in more ways than one. Alex Kun was one of the happy foragers. His neighbor Natasha Lynn took this photo.

Alex went out a few days later with his daughter and found all these beautiful boletes!

We received 1.27 of rain over last weekend, bringing the total to date 4.75 inches. Many other mushrooms are up too, including Chanterelles and Coccora, plus Oyster mushrooms. Gifts from the forest!

Thanks to Natasha and Alex for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

It's been so lovely the past two days. No wind, warm temps during the day, and sightings of Humpback Whales. I saw two small groups late Monday, yesterday, while talking on the phone with a friend.