Carol Escajeda noticed this cloud formation and said it looks like a pelican to her. Do you agree?
I can see it!
Thanks to Carol for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
We thought it was going to rain today but no! Lots of sunshine though clouds are beginning to roll in. At Rick's and my place in Anchor Bay, we had 1.38 inches last night, 1.93 inches from the two days, 49.83 season to date. 50 inches is a nice, wet season!
Ben Angwin was at Gualala Point Regional Park when the fog started to roll in. He had a unique view of a fogbow, one over land rather than the ocean.
Ben said his camera could "see" it better than his eyes. I've noticed this too and it's helped me see them with the naked eyes!
Lots of rain has been hitting the Mendonoma Coast. I have 1.65 inches in my gauge since it started late yesterday, which brings my total to 49.55 inches. 50 inches is a "normal" wet winter. We are definitely going to hit 50 inches as it's currently raining and more rain is headed our way...with some thunderclouds. Yikes!
Gabriel Aguilar wrote, “Look what I found in the Manchester and Elk area.” Gabriel got several photographs of the big elk. And he only had antlers on one side of his head.
I learned these elks lose their antlers in late winter or early spring. And typically they do not shed together. They can shed minutes, hours or even days apart. He has probably already shed it by now and will begin growing out new, impressive antlers. Maybe this will be the year he finds several females, called cows, for his harem.
Thanks to Gabriel for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
Cool and windy day today with lots of sunshine!
Michael Coustier was watching the action as the Western Gull managed to snag an Ochre Sea Star for his/her meal.
Michael wrote, “Walking the Gualala Point Regional Park, I saw this Western gull wedged between a couple of rocks. It looked...odd. I waited for a moment for him to pop up and saw he was carrying this sea star. I watched him struggle to ingest the sea star for many minutes - it was pretty comical watching him attempt various positions to get the sea star to go down.”
I guess we'll have to file this one under the title, "Where there's a will, there's a way!"
Thanks to Michael for allowing me to share his photos with you here.
We've had some downpours here today and have received over an inch of rain. I'll report totals with my next post!
Bill Budge had his camera at the ready when one of the migrating gray whales breached. He wrote, “I got this photo of a gray whale breaching from our deck. He/she was probably just off Cooks Beach.”
We've seen the first mother/calf pairs. Yesterday, Tuesday, Shari Goforth found a pair just north of Gualala. In the first photo, the mother whale blows three times. In the second photo you can see a calf pressed up to its mom and giving a smaller, solo blow.
Thanks to Bill and Shari for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Another calm, beautiful day today.