Monthly Archives: July 2013

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Meet Daphne, a newborn Hartmann's Mountain Zebra. She was born July 2 at the B. Bryan Preserve. Daphne looks like she is celebrating life!

And here's the little one with her mother, Debbie.

These zebras are endangered. According to Judy Mello, less than 6000 of them remain. Their primary habitat is the mountains of Namibia. Daphne can expect to live twenty years at her safe home in Point Arena.

Thanks to Judy for allowing me to share her photo with  you here. To learn about the B. Bryan Preserve - and they have guest cottages - here's their link: http://www.bbryanpreserve.com/

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Big, beautiful King Salmon are being caught off the Mendonoma Coast. Ken Bailey went out recently and brought home the "bacon." Wendy Bailey took the photography with a certain pup named Lucky looking on.

 This photo is not very clear but you can still see the beautiful salmon caught by a group of Mendonomans who went out on a fishing charter from Bodega Bay. Paul Batchelder, Sharon Albert and  George Marshall are among this happy group.

It is such great news that salmon are in abundance this year! There is plenty of feed, as the ocean is full of krill right now. That also brings the chance of Humpback Whale sightings and even a Blue Whale or two.

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

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It looked like there would be no possibility of a green flash from the vantage point of Allen Vinson's home on The Sea Ranch last Saturday, July 7. Fog was the order of the day. But the fog lifted just before sunset and Allen caught magic - again - when he photographed the green flash.

You will see in this second photo - a close up - that Allen photographed a double green flash.

And here is what the weather looked like some minutes before - a fog shrouded day.

It's a Mendonoma Coast tradition to always try and watch the sunset. You might catch magic like Allen and witness the phenomenon known as the green flash. And it's real, not a myth!

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

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Adrian Bennett has several bird feeders and bird baths in her yard at The Sea Ranch and she attracts many different kinds of birds. Deer often wander through but seeing a Bobcat under a feeder was something unique. Here the Bobcat peers around a bird bath.

 And below the Bobcat sits under Adrian's thistle feeder, while an American Goldfinch waits for the cat with the tufted ears and bobbed tail to leave.

 Here the Bobcat checks out a soft ball hanging from a birdhouse. And beyond is the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean.

Thanks to Adrian for allowing me to share her photos with you here. The wildlife on the Mendonoma Coast is amazing!

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Late in the evening on July 3 and continuing through the early morning hours of July 4, the Mendonoma Coast witnessed a fantastical lightning show. Fortunately most of the event was over water, in our case the Pacific Ocean.

Mel Gerst, now an "official" storm chaser, got in his car and took three photos from three different spots. The first was taken from The Sea Ranch.

The second photo was taken looking over the Gualala River.

And the photo below was taken by Schooner Gulch.

What an event! We don't get many lightning storms like this on the Coast.

Thanks to Mel for allowing me to share his photos with you here.