Tag Archives: Gualala Point Regional Park

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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."

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Loch Michie was out photographing near the Point Arena Lighthouse when he saw this Great Blue Heron on the bluffs.

They are so beautiful! They are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast.

To hear their rather unlovely calls, here is  a link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/sounds

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

Today is simply amazing - hot on the ridge, perfect on the bluffs. A walk at Gualala Point Regional Park mid-morning with a visiting friend was wonderful!

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The Serge (pronounced ser-gay), a ceremonial hitching post, sits beautifully in a meadow at Gualala Point Regional Park. Loch Michie used the Serge to frame the then closed Gualala River with the town of Gualala to the right and the Pacific Ocean to the left. Just beautiful!

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

Today is near perfection, weather-wise! No wind, sunny skies, and temps in the low 70's. We know it won't last, as rain will be moving back in late Saturday. But for today, the living is easy!

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Laura Baker and Lewis Lubin have a apple tree at their Annapolis place. Their motion camera is pointed in the direction of that tree. We know Black Bears love apples! Last month their camera captured this healthy-looking bear.

Pat Whelan appears to be on a regular route of a Black Bear in The Sea Ranch. A few weeks ago, her camera caught this bear trying to figure out Pat's bear-proof garbage bins. Here's the video:

Black Bear checks out garbage bins, courtesy of Pat Whelan

And Ron Bolander found evidence of a Black Bear at Gualala Point Regional Park just last weekend. The scat is full of bite-sized apples!

Maybe that was more than you wanted to know...

Thanks to Laura, Pat and Ron for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

We had a break from the rain on Christmas Day and much of Dec.26th, but the rain has returned in earnest late afternoon on Thursday. Rain total season to date before this afternoon's storm is 33.54 inches. A "normal" rain season at Rick's and my place in Anchor Bay is 50 inches.