Tag Archives: Bill Clark

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Bill Clark recently photographed this Pygmy Nuthatch.

 

These birds travel in flocks and you can hear them coming with their piping calls. They come to our birdbath in the heat of the day. You can listen to their call here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pygmy_Nuthatch/sounds

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's website describes their calls like a rubber ducky being squeezed repeatedly. Funny!

Here's a photo taken by Ron LeValley showing how these birds travel down a tree head-first, searching for insects and seeds.

I love these tiny, energetic birds, and often see them in the fall when we have our warmer weather. And I hear them in the trees too, many times accompanied by Chickadees.

Thanks to Bill and Ron for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see much more of Ron's nature photography, here is his website: http://levalleyphoto.com/home/

The fog returned this morning, so our latest heat wave is over! We love our natural air conditioning, the fog.

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Bill Clark photographed this big bank of fog recently - it does look like a mountain range out over the Pacific Ocean.

 

Here on the Mendonoma coast, August is often called "Foggust." To see yesterday's eclipse, coast residents had to head far inland, or get to a higher elevation. Rick and I took a hike in our forest during the eclipse. It seemed as if a storm was coming in, as the foggy day got darker and darker. The birds didn't seem to be affected by the eclipse, as their calls were heard through the dark event.

Thanks to Bill for allowing me to share his photo with you here. And I'm happy to report the sun appeared this afternoon! Should be a wonderful weekend coming up.

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Banana slugs often eat mushrooms in the forest. Bill Clark photographed one in the act.

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All sizes of Banana slugs are appearing now in the forest. We have to be careful where we step because we really, really, really do not want to step on one.

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

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Varied Thrushes are such beautiful birds. We seem to have had more of them overwinter on the Mendonoma Coast this year. Bill Clark recently photographed one.

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Varied Thrushes are sometimes mistaken for American Robins, as they are similar in size. Varied Thrushes eat insects when they are breeding to our north, but in the winter they switch to berries and nuts.

To hear their one-note call, here is a link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Varied_Thrush/sounds

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

 

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These are the non-breeders, just hanging around having a good time on the Coast. Path Neth's granddaughter, Annaka Neth, recently photographed one. It looks like the big bird is looking for a fish.

Brown Pelican by Annaka Neth (Large)
Bill Clark spotted this Brown Pelican resting on the water near the Point Arena Pier.
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And Peggy Berryhill saw this Brown Pelican plunge diving for a fish off the Point Arena/Stornetta Lands.
Brown Pelican plunge diving by Peggy Berryhill

Thanks to Annaka, Bill, and Peggy for allowing me to share their photos with you here.