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Eric Zetterholm photographed this sweet sight through his window last Monday.

Eric wrote, "This morning there was a mother deer with a fawn in our yard and I got
a couple cute pictures out the window of them. In one picture the
mother is licking the face of her little one. It reminded me of when
my mother would lick her handkerchief to wipe something from my face.
Very special to me because it's my mother's birthday and she would have
been 92 today."

I thought Eric's photos would be perfect for Mother's Day. Thanks to Eric for allowing me to share them with you.

Foggy start to the day but the sunshine returned. Much cooler and we have rain coming in tomorrow morning. We need it.

Spring doesn't know...

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Acorn Woodpeckers are year-round residents of the Mendonoma Coast. Eric Zetterholm recently photographed three perched on a tree trunk.

Eric thought they were drilling holes into the tree. These woodpeckers do that. In the fall, they put acorns in granary trees, dead snags. They don't store the acorns to eat them. The acorns attract insects, which the woodpeckers then eat. Pretty smart, don't you think?

I have a Sunday bonus photo Eric took of the sunset and a spouting Gray Whale. Just lovely.

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

We are having a cool, sunny day, with plenty of clouds to make things interesting. Tonight's sunset could be beautiful!

Spring doesn't know...and the first fawn was seen today.

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Sara Bogard was doing her weekly Harbor Seal survey at the bluffs near the Point Arena Lighthouse when she saw this Bald Eagle with its dinner. A Common Raven looks on, but this Bald Eagle - like most, I believe - won't share.

One of my favorite photos of the Gualala Bald Eagles is this one taken by Eric Zetterholm.

Thanks to Sara and Eric for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

The storm moved on, leaving us with a breezy, drifting clouds kind of day.

Spring doesn't know...

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Many of us are enjoying watching the mated pair of Bald Eagles at the Gualala River. Eric Zetterholm witnessed an interesting encounter which featured the female Bald Eagle. He wrote, “I took a walk out to the Gualala Point Beach Wednesday morning and found very large numbers of different Gulls there. A few were chasing a fish head as it was pushed and pulled by the waves. I managed to grab it without getting too wet and took a few photos before I left it for the Gulls." Not a pretty sight, I know! We think it's the head of a Steelhead.

Eric continues, “When I had walked a few hundred yards up the beach, I got sight of a Bald Eagle coming at me from down the beach. She passed me very quickly and swiftly snatched up the fish head, carrying it off to the river."

"I decided to make the long hike back up the beach, up the pathway, over the hill, down the trail, and back up the river. The eagle was still enjoying the fish as I walked down river and I was able to get fairly close to her while keeping out of her view.”

Lots going on alongside the Gualala River and the Pacific Ocean!

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

Sunny, breezy, cooler day today!

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The Christmas Bird Count takes place in January here on the Mendonoma coast. During the event, a Red-tailed Hawk nest was seen at The Sea Ranch. The call went out to wildlife photographer Craig Tooley to come and photograph it. Craig got one of the Red-tails perched on the side of the nest as the other flew away. The hawks were working on reinforcing the nest. They use the same nests for some years.

Eric Zetterholm recently photographed a pair of Red-tailed Hawks, the larger female and the smaller male, near the Gualala River.

We don't know if the nest Craig photographed is their nest.

John Wall also photographed a Red-tailed Hawk, perched on a Sea Ranch road sign. John said there was a new traffic cop in town!

Thanks to Craig, Eric and John for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see much more of Craig's wildlife photograph, here is his website: www.ruffimage.com