Kate Bloch first went to Ocean Ridge Airport to get this beautiful photo.
And this one she took from her back deck of her home at The Sea Ranch.
I'll have another photo to share with you tomorrow! This beauty in the sky occurred Oct. 10 - 11.
Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
oh, it's a lovely day here today. 70 degrees, just the hint of a breeze and a few clouds overhead.
Kate Bloch wrote, "This afternoon, I had the extraordinary privilege of witnessing the birth of a seal pup on Tide Pool Beach. (This is the second such birth I've been lucky enough to observe.) It was heartwarming and inspiring, capturing a remarkable moment of nature's magic. It's seems especially timely that the birth took place on Earth Day.I have attached five photos. They begin with the early emerging of the amniotic sac, reveal the moment of birth, and offer glimpses into the bonding between the mother and newborn, and their first swim together."
Now that the pup is born, the mother will bond with her. They touch noses!
Harbor Seal pups are born knowing how to swim. Here the newborn pup takes her first swim with her mother on Earth Day.
Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her great series of photos with you here.
Oh my, we had a good storm arrive in the wee hours of the morning. 1.86 inches fell, much more than predicted. It was a fairly gentle rain so there are only a few wisteria blossoms down at my place! Season to date rain total is 57.68 inches. 50.00 inches is a normal wet year, so two excellent rain years in a row now. Hooray!
Kate Bloch was out on the bluffs when she saw this Great Blue Heron fly by. And there is a seasonal waterfall behind the graceful bird.
We have had a nice amount of rainfall and seasonal creeks and waterfalls are beautiful now.
Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Sunny and windy today, and temps in the low 50s. There was 0.75 inches in our rain gauge, giving us 54.60 season to date. 50 inches is a nice, wet winter so we're doing great!
Kate Bloch noticed this Great Egret in the Russian River on a misty day.
Here's what Kate wrote, "In the darkening afternoon, as the intermittent rain and fog blocked much of the light, what looked like an ivory statue appeared in the shallows of the Russian River near Jenner. When I exited the car, I could see it was a lovely Great Egret."
Great Egrets are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast!
Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Kate seems to have described today's weather. It started out foggy but a light misty rain is beginning to fall. More rain to come tomorrow, Sunday. Bring it, Mother Nature!
Kate Bloch was at the right place to capture this beautiful photo of a breaching Humpback Whale. Just imagine you are in a little boat close to this big cetacean when the whale crashes back into the ocean. Talk about rocking the boat!
Humpback Whales are feeding off the Mendonoma Coast now. Mothers have been seen with their calves. Scott Mercer tells me the calves will be going off on their own soon.
Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
It's sunny and warm here today, with the breeze picking up this afternoon. It's a great time to be on the Mendonoma Coast!