Tag Archives: The Sea Ranch

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This is the time of year we usually see the first cute Gray Fox kits. Michael Tilles has a wood storage box that foxes have use before. Once again, he and his wife Janelle Streich are blessed with a Gray Fox family at their Sea Ranch place. Michael got this photo of the two kits that had been nursing.

There will be a photo of one of the kits in the Independent Coast Observer Community News this coming Friday. What? You do have a subscription? You could rectify that at the ICO's website: https://www.mendonoma.com/memberships.html

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

Foggy at the coastline, sunny on the ridge - a mild spring day on the Mendonoma Coast!

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Chas Higgins found a hummingbird that rarely is seen here. Could it have veered from its migratory path? He wrote, “I caught this hummingbird making a quick visit to my garden on the meadow at the north end of Sea Ranch"

"It wasn’t until this morning when I uploaded it to my laptop that I realized it wasn’t one of the Anna’s that usually visit us. I sent it to Diane who shared it with Tim Bray and they agree that it’s a Black-chinned hummingbird, not often seen on our coast. I hope the paper can reproduce the purple in the gorget that marks it as a Black-chinned.”

I meant to share this earlier but better late...well, you know!

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

Sunny and windy and cool here on the coast today!

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Kate Bloch has been able to watch and photograph several Harbor Seal births on beaches off The Sea Ranch. She also got this cute photo of a pup taking her first swim.

The little pup was sticking close to mom!

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

It's foggy and cool on the Mendonoma Coast today!

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Marla Skibbins watched as a mated pair of Common Ravens preened each other near her home on The Sea Ranch. Then, one Raven took the other Raven's beak in his/her mouth!

I learned this is called a raven’s kiss or beak-fencing. It is a display of affection, pair bonding, and social bonding. This gentle behavior happens between life-long partners.

Marla was watching Raven love...sweet!

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

Wind, wind and more wind. It's sunny but the wind is pretty unrelenting. The ocean looks like a boiling pot of water with all the white caps. It would be nearly impossible to spot whales with this wind.

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It was Brad Lovesy that apparently saw the first fawn of this year.

He wrote, “It was Thursday the April 16th in the  afternoon in back of the Sea Ranch center. I manage the offices and storage units. I was working in the back and the fawn came out of the tall grass and ran right up to me.”

Brad stopped to look for the fawn’s mother assuming the newborn was left on its own.  Suddenly she appeared and realized what was happening.  She escorted her fawn away—all the while cautiously eyeing Brad.

Since then two more fawns have been reported to me. This little one could have been earlier than most. We usually see the first fawns around Mother's Day and that's not until this coming Sunday.

Thanks to Brad for allowing me to share his photos with you here. The photo of the little fawn is so darn cute!

We had some wet weather yesterday but only 0.02 inches at Rick's and my place. 49.92 season to date. Today has been cloudy and on the cool side. The sunset could be amazing tonight!