Tag Archives: Karen Wilkinson

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Fogbows, sometimes called white Rainbows, can be seen in the mornings if you are lucky. Karen Wilkinson is obviously lucky! She photographed this Fogbow last week.

John Wall once photographed this beautiful fogbow.

Thanks to Karen and John for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

There was some fog this morning but it quickly burned off. Temps this afternoon are in the low 80's, cooler right next to the coast. Lots of visitors here now, and it seems many inns and other rentals were full up for tonight. There is a fireworks display tomorrow night in Point Arena, out over the water. Sunday there is a parade, also in Point Arena.

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As Karen Wilkinson watched, this Bobcat has spotted a Brush Rabbit.

I just looked up what a Bobcat eats the most. The answer? Rabbits. From the web: Bobcats mostly eat rabbits and hares. They may also eat rodents, such as squirrels and mice, or hunt small deer, snakes, lizards and domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, sheep, goats and poultry.

People who raise chickens here have to protect them from Bobcats, and that means overhead protection too. Just look at this Bobcat climbing the tall giraffe fence at the B Bryan Preserve in Point Arena some years ago. The photo was taken by Judy Mello.

Bobcats are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast and they are often seen in the daylight hours here.

Thanks to Karen and Judy for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

No fog and no wind. It's warm here on the coast today. Lots of visitors are here enjoying the coast too.

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I shared with you Craig Tooley's photo from the mother/calf pairs that were seen off of Black Point Beach, The Sea Ranch. Here are two of Karen Wilkinson's photos of one of the calves. The first shows the calf beginning to breach. And the second photo shows the baleen and stubby head of the calf.

Karen took lots of photos and some videos. They are posted on her website at https://www.mpkw.com/TSR-Walks?fbclid=IwAR1PvEUBbii-4XLonK0ak74iF1vT3HovmkN5wcdtdjESdFx1qKikrdgIN2k

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

We've have fog over the ocean, clouds overhead interspersed with sunshine. Even a few drops of rain splashed down. A little bit of everything today! Tonight's sunset could be beautiful.

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Karen Wilkinson found this Great Blue Heron, and he/she was apparently looking at her.

I wondered if the Heron was laughing at her. But Karen disabused my whimsy. She said she thinks the Heron was actually hacking up a feather!

Here's one of my favorite photos of a Great Blue Heron taking off, by Betsy Anderson

And here is a Great Blue Heron cloud, as photographed by Marilyn Green.

Great Blue Herons are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast.

Thanks to Karen, Betsy and Marilyn for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Oh boy, we're having a big, fat, wet storm. Two inches so far, and it's raining as I type this!

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Karen Wilkinson found this Surfbird playing...or fishing...in the surf.

Here's what the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has to say about these birds: "Surfbirds are perfectly named: they spend most of their lives in the splash zone of rocky ocean shorelines—a precarious place to make a living. During the breeding season, these plump shorebirds move from coastlines into barren arctic mountain habitats to nest, turning from dark gray to a dappled black-and-white plumage with rufous accents in the wing. Males give display flights over the nesting area, like many other shorebirds. Surfbirds seem to be more social and less territorial than most North American shorebird species."

Thanks to Karen for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

It's a beautiful autumn day here today - lots of sun and no wind. Temps in the low 60's. Rain predicted for late Tuesday night into Wednesday. Lots of mushrooms are up and I found matsutakes - lots of them!