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Catherine Miller was the lucky forager who found two of this year's first King Boletes, Boletus edulis. The first photo shows a banana slug on the big bolete. Banana slugs love these porcini mushrooms!

The second photo shows a smaller Bolete. Those tiny gray mushrooms are Fairy Bonnets, which are appearing in vast numbers right now on the Mendonoma coast.

Boletus edulis, also known as Cep or Porcini, are delicious, edible mushrooms. They are so fun to find. I hope I join the ranks of happy foragers very soon!

Thanks to Catherine for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

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Just look at this beautiful sky! Taken from our deck in Anchor Bay this morning.

 

This second photo shows sunbeams on the Pacific Ocean, called God's rays. This was taken this afternoon.

 

 

Yes, we have a storm on the way. The first edible mushrooms have appeared. Boletus edulis, King Boletes, have been found by a few lucky foragers. Many more to come, we hope!

 

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Great Egrets are year-round residents of the coast and can often be seen alongside the Gualala River. Rozann Grunig spotted one recently resting on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Here is a fun photo taken by Siegfried Matull some years ago of a Great Egret standing next to a Brown Pelican.

Thanks to Rozann and Siegfried for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

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Chris Beach got this wonderful photo of the juvenile Tundra Swan as it flapped its wings in the Gualala River.

The swan hasn't been seen for a few days, so perhaps he/she has moved on. Mel Smith told me he saw the swan flying northward late last week.

We've had visits from mature Bald Eagles recently. I'll be posting about them soon.

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

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Tricia Schuster photographer this beautiful sight, with the departed sun still reflecting in the clouds.

We are expecting a pretty good storm today, so batten down the hatches!

Thanks to Tricia for allowing me to share her photo with you here.