As it usually does, the high inland temperatures coaxed the fog back to the coast. Today it is fifteen degrees cooler at our house than yesterday. Hello fog, my old friend!
Peter Cracknell took a beautiful photo of fog on the coast from Highway One. A bicyclist is taking a break.
Here's a recent photo I took at Gualala Point Regional Park. A finger of fog reaches for the town of Gualala.
Thanks to Peter for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
Richard Hansen recently photographed this lovely sunset from his home in Gualala.
Rick and I watched this sunset too from our home in Anchor Bay. It *almost* doesn't look real, but I can assure you Richard's photo is the real deal.
Thanks to Richard for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
A storm like this can put a serious dent in ol' man Drought! We are told we may get more than five inches of rain and 50 mile per hour winds. Bring it on, Mother Nature! Robert Scarola photographed a storm cloud moving in.
We know we might have power outages but we are prepared. We haven't had a nice, big storm like this for several years and we are grateful.
Thanks to Robert for allowing me to share his photo with you here. If you are on the Coast this Sunday, Dec. 14th, join Rick and me at the Four-Eyed Frog Bookstore in Gualala at 4 pm for Robert's book event for his new book, Rim of the World. For more into, here is the Frog's website: http://www.foureyedfrog.com/
Cece Case was in her office at her home in Gualala when she looked up and got the surprise of her life. An adult female Mountain Lion was looking through the window.
Cece does have cats and perhaps this big cat was looking for a tasty treat. Cece got another photo of the Cougar - a look at her full body and tail. You can see it at the Independent Coast Observer's website at: www.mendonoma.com Click on Mendonoma Sightings photos to see it.
Thanks to Cece for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Terry Pfardresher was hiking in a Redwood forest in Gualala when she heard a hissing sound. There on the edge of a Redwood stump was a Turkey Vulture chick. Terry took nature photographer, Craig Tooley, to the site and he got this photo.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has this to say about their nests: "Turkey Vultures nest in rock crevices, caves, ledges, thickets, mammal burrows and hollow logs, fallen trees, abandoned hawk or heron nests, and abandoned buildings. These nest sites are typically much cooler (by 13°F or more) than surroundings, and isolated from human traffic or disturbance. While they often feed near humans, Turkey Vultures prefer to nest far away from civilization."
Here is the photo Terry took several days earlier. The young bird hopped down into the hollowed out Redwood stump just after she took this photo, so we're sure that's where the nest is.
This is a rare sighting and I thank Terry for sharing it with us. Thanks also to Craig for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is his website: www.ruffimage.com