Sightings

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Billy Ocallaghan discovered the new blowhole at the southern end of the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands too. It's interesting to watch the video because the blowhole first appears to stream air, and then water. Here's a photo I took from Billy's video.

And below is Billy's video for you to see the blowhole going off!

New Blowhole at the PA Stornetta Lands by Billy Ocallaghan

What a treat to be able to see this! Thanks to Billy for allowing me to share his video with you here.

Drizzly today after a pretty vigorous storm overnight. 0.84 inches, 53.25 season to date!

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Tim wrote, "This young Gray Whale was seen Saturday morning 2/8 near the mouth of the Gualala River, bobbing up and down in the surf.  He later worked his way south along the bar, coming as close as 30-40 feet from the beach, giving onlookers a memorable show."

Others saw this whale too. He/she didn't appear to be foraging for food; he/she appeared to be frolicking! Oh, I wish I had been there to see this wonderful visit.

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

It's cloudy today, and we have some rain coming in later tonight. The storms on Feb. 12 and 13 brought us 2.07 inches of rain. The season to date is 52.31 inches!  A nice wet winter is usually around 50 inches at our place in Anchor Bay, so we are doing great this year.

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Perry Hoffman was at the Gualala River when he saw this beautiful Bald Eagle right near the river's edge.

Then the Bald Eagle - I think this is the female of the Gualala River pair - bent over for a drink.

What a treat it is to have Bald Eagles back on the Mendonoma Coast. And they continue to expand their territory northward.

Thanks to Perry for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Perry's artwork, here is the link to his website: https://magentaraven.com/

Clouds have been pouring in. A big storm is expected, especially overnight. Batten down the hatches!

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Two Coyotes have been spotted, but only one was photographed. Looks like a very healthy Coyote is living lightly on the land at TSR. Here is Mike Petrich's photo.

Adrian Adams saw perhaps the same Coyote outside his home.

We don't see Coyotes too often, but they do wander through now and then.There are lots of gophers and other underground critters in Mendonoma Coast meadows.

Thanks to Mike and Adrian for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

The rain has left us until the middle of next week. The seven-day total of rain at Rick's and my place in Anchor Bay is 8.91 inches. 50.34 season to date. We are having an excellent rainy season. Today is cool with some clouds interspersed by brilliant sunshine. The Gualala River is running strong and muddy! Here's a photo I took this morning behind Trink's.

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They didn't know what the lights in the sky were very early on Friday January 24. The lights were south of the Mendonoma Coast. But Don Krieger soon discovered what they were. He wrote, “Here's a picture in the moonlight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket putting 23 spacelink satellites into orbit this morning.”

Janet Pierucci also witnessed this event from her Sea Ranch home. She wrote, "Not sure what phenomenon this is but what an incredible sight.” Janet soon wrote back to tell me about the liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Janet got a series of photos, but this was was a few minutes later. Interesting to see!

Thanks to Don and Janet for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

More rain today! We've gone over 8 inches since last Friday and we're closing in on 50 inches season to date. After this storm, it is suppose to be dry until mid-week.