Tag Archives: Susan Sandoval

A Mountain Lion, a Gray Fox, two more Mountain Lions and a Raccoon all caught on camera! • 2 Comments

Jeanne Jackson • April 5, 2026

Lynn Bailey sent along a motion detector video from March 4 at the Villa del Mar main dumpster. This is in Gualala. It showed a mountain lion strolling through, a gray fox hurrying along, two more mountain lions, followed by a raccoon. The raccoon headed straight for the dumpster.

Here's a photo of a healthy-looking Mountain Lion taken by Susan Sandoval for you to see.

Here is the lone Mountain Lion:

Next is the Gray Fox:

Then two Mountain Lions:

And lastly the Raccoon:

That's a busy place! Thanks to Lynn for allowing me to share his videos with you here. the photo of the Mountain Lion was taken in a previous year by Susan Sandoval. The Sandovals and Lynn Bailey live fairly close to one another!

It's a spectacular day here today. Sunny and warm. Happy Easter and Happy Passover to those who celebrate them!

A strikingly beautiful female Mountain Lion appears on a Gualala deck – yikes!

Jeanne Jackson • July 26, 2022

Jon and Susan Sandoval heard a noise on their deck in Gualala about 8:30 pm. They found this female, adult Mountain Lion staring back at them.

Doesn't she look healthy and strong? It's a mystery why she was on the Sandoval's deck because they do not have house pets or animals such as chickens to attract her. Amazing! Maybe she was following the scent of a Deer, her favorite prey.

Thanks to Susan for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

Lots of cooling, moist fog on the immediate coast today, keeping temperatures in the 60's - nice!

During the dry spell, The Prince appeared.

Jeanne Jackson • December 14, 2021

It seemed like everyone was finding this delicious, edible mushroom, The Prince, Agaricus augustus. Jon Handel and Ling-yen Jones found a BIG one!

And Adrian Fehr and Marian Sandoval found a large cache of The Prince.

These mushrooms smell of almond, and they are considered dry weather mushrooms. They usually fruit in spring or summer. But we had a nice dry spell with warm temps between big storms. With the opening of the storm door recently, I don't think we'll be seeing these mushrooms for quite a while.

Thanks to Ling-yen and Susan Sandoval for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Saturday night's storm brought 3 inches of rain, and Monday's storm brought 1.25 inches. Another storm comes in tomorrow morning. Bring it, Mother Nature!