Tag Archives: Fish Rock Road

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This Buck somehow managed to snag a string of decorative bells. He is quite entangled but seems to be doing okay. He's able to eat, but he isn't able to walk quietly because the bells jingle as he moves. Mark Haveman was the first to let me know about him - the Buck in in the area of Fish Rock Road in Gualala. Bill Bennett then sent me these photos of the poor guy.

It would be nice if we could get them off of him, but that's easier said than done. This Buck might be stuck with the bells until he loses his antlers early next year. Or, hopefully, he will figure a way to remove them.

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

The heavy fog of the past couple of days is gone. It's sunny and breezy today.

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Nancy Trissel wrote on May 13th, “Last night we spotted a Mountain Lion out of our living room window! It was 7:24 pm and the photos were taken through a double-paned window. She looks to be female. This encounter is exactly what I asked for years ago – to see a grown cat up close but from the safety of my home, like the bear I saw. After she left, we went to her spot and found she could not see into the house at all. She was there for several minutes. We were beyond words.”

I sent Nancy’s photos to Quinton Martin, the director of Living with Lions. I could see this cougar wasn’t Paul, the collared cat. He wrote, “Fantastic! Thanks for sharing these cool photos. Paul has been around in the area, but that is certainly another cat. Excellent!”

This Mountain Lion was seen off Fish Rock Road, which is a little north of Anchor Bay.

Nancy mentioned she got to see a Black Bear. Here's her photo from some years ago of a cinnamon-colored Black Bear.

Thanks to Nancy for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

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A light-colored Black Bear was seen near Hearn Gulch, then up on the Gualala Ridge and finally off of Fish Rock Road. The bear was foraging for food. When it visited Nancy and Rich Trissel off of Fish Rock Road, they got several photos. It was a foggy day so the photos aren't as clear as we'd like but they beat the one other photo sent to me. That photo was blurry because the photographer was so scared and excited.

Here are several photos Nancy took.

Nancy wrote, “The bear noshed for a good twenty minutes outside our back door. There was a splash of white, a crescent moon, on the bear’s chest. The face was dark, the shoulders and back were blond and the hind end darker. It was wonderful to see!”

Thanks to Nancy for allowing me to share her photos with you here and also thanks to Rozann Grunig who worked on the lighting of these photos to better show the bear.