Great Egrets are residents of the Mendonoma Coast and it’s always interesting watching them hunt for dinner. Barbara Gemmill-Herren wrote, “My daughter-in-law Ashley Anderson took this video of an egret spearing and eating a gopher on the bluff trail in Sea Ranch.” I’m going to go out on a limb and say the Great Egret speared a Vole rather than the much larger Gopher.

What a beautiful place to find dinner! To see a short video of this Great Egret taken by Ashley, here is the link:

Thanks to Ashley for allowing me to share her photo and video with you here, and thanks to Barbara for sending them along to me.

Another beautiful, calm day today, temps in the mid 60's. Here's a bonus photo of last night's extraordinary sunset, taken by me.