It was a beautiful sight to behold, the big Super Blue Moon rising behind some trees. Rozanne Rapozo went out around 9 p.m. and got this dramatic photo.
Thanks to Rozanne for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
We did get rain Friday night - 0.46 inches! A nice soaking. Today, Sunday, it's clear and warm, temps in the high 70's this afternoon.
A family of North American River Otters makes the Gualala River area their home. Rozanne Rapozo recently photographed the mother with her three offspring, called pups or kittens.
The pups will stay with their mom for about a year, or until she has another litter.
Here is a close-up of the mother.
River Otters are deemed semi-aquatic. They are equally comfortable in the water and on the land. For fun, here's a photo Catherine Miller took of River Otter prints, the prints with five claws.
Thanks to Rozanne and Catherine for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
The fog has been persistent over the ocean today, keeping temps down. No wind today, a lovely day here on the Mendonoma Coast.
Pelagic Cormorants attache their nests to bluff faces, using their own guano as glue. Rozanne Rapozo recently photographed several nests.
Michael Reinhart found Pigeon Guillemots. They use openings in rocks for their hidden nests, much safer than the Pelagic Cormorant nests. This is a rather rare photo of a chick being fed.
Here are two Pigeon Guillemots on the water. It looks like they are talking to each other. Note the orange-red mouth!
Pelagic Cormorants are mostly silent, but Pigeon Guillemots have a whistling call that you can hear on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at this link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pigeon_Guillemot/sounds
Thanks to Rozanne and Michael for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
It was very foggy this morning, with the sun finally breaking through mid-afternoon, a lovely cool day on the Mendonoma Coast!
Last Saturday Rozanne Rapozo was at a friend's lily pond in Gualala. There she found dragonflies, as they zipped around like the tiny helicopters they are. The first is the orange Flame Skimmer. Look how very nicely this dragonfly posed for Rozanne. They never do that for me!
And here is an Eight-spotted Skimmer.
A Blue Dancer was also spotted, but that will be for another post.
Thanks to Rozanne for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
This morning fog blanketed the coast and a ways inland. It pulled back as the morning progressed, at least in Anchor Bay. It's in the low 70's with a...you guessed it!...a breeze. Happy Summer Equinox!
Rozanne Rapozo was charmed by the sight of these two CA Quail perched on a cat sculpture in her garden, with one Quail right on the binoculars the cat is looking through.
The female is perched on the binocs and the male is on the tail. Cute photo!
Thanks to Rozanne for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Wild, cold weather today. About 2/3 of an inch of rain so far and it's cold. 37 degrees this morning - that's cold for the Mendonoma Coast. I heard there was snow at Annapolis and hail just fell on the Point Arena ridge. After tomorrow, Friday, it is suppose to be sunny and warmer.