Tag Archives: Gualala Point Regional Park

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Michael Coustier wrote, “[Last] weekend, the wife and I were in the Gualala Point Regional Park enjoying a walk and maybe hoping to see some whales. I was busy scanning the horizon with my camera when my wife (using binoculars) says, "What’s that bird on the edge?" I struggled for a minute to find what she was pointing out, but eventually found the bird - a pretty common Red-tailed Hawk. What was less common was watching him fly off with his lunch snack.”

The short tail and color of the rodent looks like the hawk caught a vole.

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

Another lovely, dry day here today, with no wind. Temps close to 70 degrees!

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The sun came out briefly late this afternoon and I saw  a glimpse of a rainbow to the east. During the last series of storms there were multiple late afternoon rainbows one day, and many people photographed them. Joan Rhine got this double rainbow in Gualala.

And Seve Cardosi got this one as she crossed the Gualala River Bridge. See how full the river is, and how muddy from the storms.

Carolyn Case was happy to find this afternoon rainbow at Gualala Point Regional Park.

Tomorrow I will show you some more from that day, including rainbows and a giraffe at B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena!

Thanks to Joan, Seve and Carolyn, aka CC, for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Lots of rain today. The main storm seems to have passed late this afternoon, with showers at dusk. We've had six inches since the series of storms began on Jan. 1st. and a little over 30 inches season to date. The forecast says we will have a string of dry days ahead after the remnants of today's storm moves out. This could be a GREAT time to visit the Mendonoma Coast.

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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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I'll let Ben tell the story. He wrote, “On Thursday last week, I went on one of my usual hikes in Gualala Point Park.  This took me out to the north end of the bluff trail.  I rounded a corner and to my surprise a doe and two fawns, still with spots, were crossing the trail right in front of me."

"I was able to get a few pictures and happy with capturing a family portrait, I continued my hike out to the Salal Creek waterfall.  On my way back, I rounded the corner to find that ‘Dad’ had joined the party."

"He was staring at me from not 20 feet away, all four points of him.  I am pretty sure I have seen him before, down by the big pool in Sea Ranch.  We looked at each other for a bit, I got a few pictures and then I just said, ‘Thank you’ and I walked away.”

I too feel gratitude when I have an experience like this. And I think it's a great idea to say 'Thank you' like Ben did.

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

Sunny and warm today, the wind picked up late this afternoon. We're going into a warming trend so now is a good time to head for the Mendonoma Coast!

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Tom Crane found a beautiful Bobcat in the grasses of a meadow. He wrote, “My wife, Deidre Harrison, urged me to forward this beauty to you, taken at Gualala Point Regional Park.”

The Bobcat nearly blends in with the tall grasses.

Thanks to Tom for allowing me to share his photo with you here, and thanks to Deidre for encouraging Tom to send it in to Sightings!

Lots of fog today, keeping temps down. My friend, Shari, says this is "no-sky July."