Tag Archives: Gualala River

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Last night's sunset was simply amazing, jaw-droppingly beautiful. I took this photo from our front deck. Fire in the sky!

Yesterday morning I took a walk on the Gualala Bluff Trail. The Gualala River is nice and full from the recent rains. It is still "closed" to the Pacific Ocean by the big sandbar. But more rain is coming in next week so perhaps the river will breach then. We'll be watching!

It's a spectacular day today, temps in the 70's. If you celebrate Thanksgiving, as I do, then let me wish you Happy Thanksgiving. If you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, then I hope you will give thanks for the beauty of the Mendonoma Coast!

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Eric Zetterholm has been looking for the mated pair of Bald Eagles who frequented the mouth of the Gualala River. It's been several months since we've seen them. Last week Eric saw what we think is one of the Gualala Bald Eagles.

It's wonderful to see this majestic bird!

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

Sunny with afternoon breezes. Bonus sighting: the first Boletus edulis, King Boletes, have been seen!

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I love it when Mike Reinhart is out and about with camera in hand. He's a pro at photographing birds. He found perhaps the first returning Say's Phoebe recently, perched on a bush (coyote bush?)  in a meadow at The Sea Ranch.

The Peregrine falcon was soaring through the air, always a thrilling sight.

And this Osprey coming in for a landing was seen at Mill Bend, the mouth of the Gualala River. Ospreys will be leaving us soon, unless one or two decide to overwinter here. The vast majority will migrate south for the winter, returning to the Mendonoma Coast around the first day of spring.

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Rozanne Rapozo was down at the Gualala River when this Brown Pelican came in for a landing. As graceful as they are in the air, they can be quite clumsy when landing in the water.

And here Rozanne has photographed the gular pouch of a Brown Pelican.

The gular pouch is the flexible skin located on the pelican’s lower jaw and connected to the throat.

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

It's a beautiful day here today - a mixture of fog over the water, cool temps and sunny skies over the land.

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Phil Lewenthal photographed the multitudes of Brown Pelicans off Galleon's Reach.

And Barbara Johannes photographed a group resting on an offshore rock

Paul Brewer gets the prize for the most Brown Pelicans in a photo with this snapshot from the mouth of the Gualala River.

Many of us love these prehistoric-looking birds. To see them glide by, using the wind currents, makes our heart sing.

Thanks to Phil, Barbara and Paul for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

It's sunny and breezy today - lots of whitecaps on the ocean this afternoon.