Tag Archives: The Sea Ranch

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It's so beautiful to see the Moon set "into" the Pacific Ocean. Rozanne Rapozo photographed this from The Sea Ranch. Notice the reflected light from the Moon in the ocean - some call this the Stairway to Heaven.

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

Rain early this morning! Not a lot - a tenth of an inch - but it is always welcome. Maybe more tomorrow.

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Before the February heatwave arrived, we had a pretty awesome fog bank over the ocean and on the immediate bluffs. Tricia Schuster photographed the sight on The Sea Ranch.

It almost looks menacing, doesn't it? But it was just a gentle fog bank, nothing to worry about!

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

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Chris Swarth witnessed a Bobcat successfully hunting a Pocket Gopher. Chris wrote, “I snapped this photo from my kitchen window in The Sea Ranch near the airport. I’d been watching the Bobcat crouched motionless with twitching tail, nose in the grass, for one to two minutes. I grabbed my camera and a few seconds later watched as the Bobcat snatched the gopher from its hole and walked toward me. The Bobcat then sat nearby in the shade and within a few minutes had consumed its prey. It was a large gopher, probably a male.”

I noticed the Pocket Gopher had something in its mouth and queried Chris about it, mentioning the photo shows the food chain in action. Chris wrote, “Yes, the gopher does hold a bit of grass or other plant in its mouth. At the base of this plant, at the gopher’s mouth, at first I thought this was a small bulb. But now I think that this light spot is a bit of distended cheek pouch – the ‘pocket’ which gives the gopher its name: the Pocket Gopher.”

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

Warm with absolutely no wind, and clouds overhead...it sure seems strange for February.

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A small pod of Killer Whales, Orcas, was seen off The Sea Ranch recently. Jan de Vries photographed this Orca as it splashed down on its side.

These Orcas are called Transients and they prey on CA Sea Lions and Harbor Seals.

Thanks to Jan for allowing me to share his photo with you here. I have a photo I took of a particularly beautiful sunrise a little over a week ago. I took this photo from the front deck of our home in Anchor Bay. These amazing colors didn't last long, but they had me gasping in wonder.

Sunny with breezes today. Where's our rain?

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Let's face it, 2021 was a tough year for us humans. But the beauty of Mother Earth continued unabated. Carl Shapiro photographed this rainbow last Monday, from The Sea Ranch. Such beauty!

Look how green and lush the coast looks after all the wonderful rain we've had!

Michael Beattie also photographed a magnificent rainbow, this one appeared near Point Arena about ten days ago.

Thanks to Carl and Michael for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Breezy and very chilly on the Mendonoma Coast today. Several dozen Gray Whales were spotted yesterday, Thursday, headed south. Looks like the southward migration has begun in earnest. Many thousand of Grays still to swim by, headed for the birthing lagoons off Baja California. You can see some photos of the whales seen yesterday on Shari Goforth-Eby's blog at this link: https://mendonomagraywhale.com/migraytions-blog-home/f/the-southbound-migration-is-in-full-swing

Happy New Year! May 2022 be a better year for us all.