Tag Archives: B. Bryan Preserve

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Here are a few more photos of the late afternoon rainbow I showed you yesterday. Judy Mello of the B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena sent in several photos taken by Cassidy Spooner. Here's Mazi, a nubian giraffe with a beautiful rainbow behind her.

Cassidy also photographed Anisa, a bontebok antelope.

They were having fun with their endangered animals and the rainbow!

Randall Balmer got a nice photo of the rainbow that day. He said it was stretching up and over the Gualala Ridge.

Dan Lewis found his pot of gold at Gualala Point Regional Park.

And if you'd like just one more...just one more rainbow pic, this is from this morning as the last storm in the series was moving out. Taken by me, a traditional early morning rainbow. It was like a gift.

Thanks to Cassidy, Randall, and Dan for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Yesterday's storm was nearly an inch of rain and we now have received 30.30 inches of rain season to date. Hooray! Now we have a stretch of dry weather to enjoy.

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A Gray Fox mother decided one of the active barns at the B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena was an ideal spot for her new family. Judy Mello wrote, “We have a ‘herd’ of Fox kits. Mom decided that a safe place to den was in our Sable Antelope barn. I think there are five kits that I hope will make this their forever home to eat the Gophers!” When I questioned Judy about the Sable Antelope being in the barn at the same time with the Gray Fox family, she wrote, “Yep!  They share the barn and each pretty much ignores each other.” That’s truly amazing. Cassidy Spooner, one of the animal care specialists at the Preserve, got a very cute photo of one of the kits.

Judy took several photos and shared them with me.

Pretty darn cute, don't you think?!

Thanks to Cassidy and Judy for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To learn more about the fabulous B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena, here is their website: https://www.bbryanpreserve.com/

It's sunny and mild with strong winds! Don't bother styling your hair if you are on the coast today.

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The B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena is a private preserve dedicated to the breeding and preservation of African hoof Stock, which includes several species of antelopes, zebras and giraffes. Today I'm happy to show you Teeny, a young Greater Kudu Antelope.

Judy Mello, co-owner of the B Bryan Preserve, wrote, “This is a young Greater Kudu named Teeny. He is small for his age because he was sick. He has been isolated while he gets better. Mary Little, grandmother of our Keeper Genna Little, painted this cute picture of him and they hung it over his barn.”

It’s like seeing double, Teeny under his painting. To learn more about this fabulous Preserve, here is a link to their website: https://www.bbryanpreserve.com/

You can book a tour and even stay in a cute cabin on the preserve, something I'd like to do sometime soon! Thanks to Judy for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

Fog is hugging the coastline today, but brilliant sunshine a bit away from the coast. Happy first day of June!

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African animals in Point Arena? You bet! Here's what Judy Mello of the B Bryan Preserve says about their mission: "We are a private preserve actively committed to the breeding and preservation of African hoof Stock. Our various species of zebra, giraffe, and antelope range from critically endangered to endangered, and range in large, open fields on our property in Point Arena, California."

Here is Willie, as cute as he can be. Willie is a newborn Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, photo take by Judy.

Harm Wilkinson was driving by the preserve when he saw this scene - two newborn Sable Antelopes among the adults.

One of the young ones is partially obscured in Harm’s photo. I queried Judy Mello and she wrote, “Those are two girls, Liz and Eva. Also, now Carl has joined them.”

The Preserve has regular visiting hours, and several overnight accomodations. You can learn more at their website: https://www.bbryanpreserve.com/

Thanks to Judy and Harm for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

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...is it raining again?

Karen Chu, a guest at the Preserve, took this cute photo. We do have a lot of rain in our forecast, starting with light rain today. Here is what the Giraffes much prefer.

Judy Mello photographed them on a perfect sunny day in Point Arena.

Thanks to Karen and Judy for allowing me to share their fun photos with you here. To learn about the fabulous B. Bryan Preserve, here is the link to their website: http://bbryanpreserve.com/