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Fawns begin arriving around Mother's Day and continue into early summer. Pam Powell photographed a young one who seems curious about Pam.

Gaily Jackson also photographed a Fawn, this one at Gualala Point Regional Park.

The Fawn has natural camouflage, blending in well with the grasses.

Thanks to Pam and Gaily for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see more of Gaily's nature photography, here is the link to her website: http://gailyimages.com/

We are having a sunny, breezy summer day.

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Gaily Jackson (no relation!) was at Gualala Point Regional Park last week at dusk. She saw what she thought was an Osprey with a fish. But when she trained her camera on the bird, instead of a fish, she saw a very long tail. She was seeing a seabird that you usually have to take a pelagic trip to see - a Parasitic Jaeger.

Dave Barry took a look at Gaily's photos. He wrote, “With the necklace, long pointed tail feathers, it sure looks real good for a breeding plumage, light morph, Parasitic Jaeger.”

Tim Bray agreed with the ID. He wrote, “They sometimes come in close to shore in pursuit of Terns, either Caspian or Elegant. I saw one fly up the Garcia River once when there were a number of Caspian Terns resting there. South winds also seem to sometimes bring pelagic birds in close. Great photos, classic light-morph Parasitic Jaeger. It’s always exciting to see pelagics from shore!”

This Jaeger is called parasitic because it steals fish from other birds, particularly Terns. Tim wrote further, “They follow the Terns and watch them, and when one catches a fish, the Jaeger will harass the Tern until it drops the fish, which the Jaeger then catches in midair and eats. The Jaegers don't actually harm the Terns, just make them work twice as hard for food.”

Fascinating! Thanks to Gaily for allowing me to share her photos with you here. To see more of Gaily's nature photography, here is her website: http://gailyimages.com/

Sunny, breezy, with clouds zipping by on the Mendonoma Coast today.

Spring doesn't know...

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Gaily Jackson was up early and she headed for Gualala Point Regional Park. She photographed the Serge, the ceremonial posts carved and dedicated by the wood carvers of the Sakha Republic.

The Serge looks beautiful morning light. You can learn more about these posts at this link: https://parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/Visit/Gualala-Point-Regional-Park/Serge-Posts/

Gaily also photographed the Gualala River, showing the iconic Mill Bend.

And the dawn.

We are very lucky to have this beautiful park here in Gualala, and a wonderful photographer to show its beauty. Thanks to Gaily for allowing me to share her photos with you here. To see much more of her nature photography, here is her website: http://gailyimages.com/

We had some surprise rain this morning, but this afternoon is splashed in sunshine.

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Gaily Jackson enjoys exploring along the Gualala River. Two weeks ago she photographed a bird that was difficult to identify, until Ron LeValley let us know it was a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron.

Gaily got several nice photos of this beautiful bird. The first one below shows a larger Great Blue Heron on the left side.

Then late last week, Gaily found an adult and got this photo.

It's nice to see these Night-Herons here.

Thanks to Gaily for allowing me to share her photos with you here. To see much more of her nature photography, here is the link to her website: http://gailyimages.com/

We had a very strange wind event here late yesterday afternoon. Chris McManus, the editor of the Independent Coast Observer, is researching the phenomenon and I hope to tell you more about it later this week. Today is bright sun and cool temps!