Tag Archives: Paul Brewer

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Last Friday, hundreds of Brown Pelicans were seen at the Gualala River estuary. Paul Brewer was there with his camera to photograph them.

Some were bathing, others were resting. Paul photographed some in flight.

The pelicans with brown heads and white tummies are the juveniles. The white-headed pelicans with dark tummies are the adults.

Brown Pelicans are so elegant in flight, but when they come in for a water landing, the results can be comical. The Gualala River estuary is a fun place to watch the show!

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is his website: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

Sunny and warm here today!

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Many coast residents, and visitors too I would imagine, photographed the sunset on September 22. Tricia Schuster was one of them, photographing near her Sea Ranch home.

Paul Brewer also photographed the sunset, this from the vantage of Gualala.

And I photographed it too, a little further north of Paul, from our home in Anchor Bay.

Autumn is know for beautiful sunsets, as storms to our north bring clouds, but this one from the last day of summer was one to remember.

Thanks to Tricia and Paul for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

We need the onshore breezes to return to blow away the smoke that has enveloped the coast. The forecast shows they should arrive...may it be soon!

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Northern California was hit with a series of lightning strikes Sunday night and Monday, resulting in many wildfires. Though destructive, the sight of the lightning bolts has a raw beauty. Paul Brewer photographed  a lightning strike in the daylight hours on Monday.

May the wildfires be soon put out. Already I'm longing for the first autumn rains.

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photo with  you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

Sunny and very warm today, though a fog bank has formed over the Pacific Ocean. We need our "air conditioner," the fog, to return.

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The Gray Whale migration of mother/calf pairs is pretty much over. But a few weeks ago, Paul and Jacquie Brewer saw two sets of Gray Whale pairs swim past their Gualala home.

It's comforting to know the whales are swimming northward to their feeding grounds. We should be seeing other species of whales soon. We'll be looking for Humpbacks, Fin Whales and the largest of them all, Blue Whales in the days ahead. I did receive a sighting of several Orcas yesterday, Saturday. No photos, though.

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is his website: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

Early this morning the sound of raindrops woke me up - surprise! Not much, but a nice surprise. Then the clouds swept away, revealing a beautiful, warm spring day.

Spring doesn't know...

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Paul Brewer photographed this male Bald Eagle in Gualala during one of our recent rainstorms.

Eric Zetterholm recently watched this Bald Eagle catch a Lamprey (a jaw-less fish) and head up river. We are thinking/hoping the female is tending to her nest in the Gualala River watershed, and the male is bringing her - and perhaps a hatchling or two! - their meal.

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

Thanks to Eric for his report/sighting. Eric will have a fun photo of the Bald Eagle in tomorrow's Independent Coast Observer to go along with my column.

The rain is over for now. Sun and breezes are the order of the day as Spring doesn't know.