Tag Archives: Margaret Lindgren

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The sounds of waves hurled onto sandy beaches and against bluff faces is an autumn highlight. The Pacific Ocean is more active, presumably from storms to our north. These breakers can bring sea foam. Susan Levenson-Palmer and Jan Conlon were walking at Irish Beach when they saw what Susan described as “green foam.

Sea foam, or spume, is formed when the surf churns up organic matter in the ocean, such as dead algae. Unless there was a toxic algae bloom, sea foam is harmless and is, in fact, an indicator of a healthy ocean ecosystem.

Here's a photo of Sea foam after a big storm several years ago, taken by Margaret Lindgren. The sea foam completely filled in this cove at The Sea Ranch.

Thanks to Jan and Margaret for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

We are still having lovely autumn weather, though most of us would appreciate some rain.

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Margaret Lindgren has an ideal job. She created the tour company, Unbeaten Path Tours. She loves the Mendonoma coast and gets to see nature up close and personal nearly every day. Recently she led a tour at the Point Arena-Stornetta Lands. Look at the beautiful day they had!

You can see the Lighthouse in the far distance. Margaret also photographed a colony of Brandt's Cormorants. The young ones are the brown ones.

Margaret and her tour also spotted a California Sea Lion, which she said was quite unusual for that particular spot. It was just headed into the water.

The Lands never disappoint - there is always something beautiful and/or interesting to see.

Thanks to Margaret for allowing me to share her photos with you here. To learn more about taking a tour with her - and I highly recommend it! - here is her website: https://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/

We had a nice, drenching rain last night. We received 1.85 inches at our place in Anchor Bay. So far we have received 2.40 inches of rain. Today is warm and humid! Can edible mushrooms be nearly at hand?

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The cute, little Western Gull chicks look like small rocks, giving them some desperately needed camouflage. Margaret Lindgren recent photographed a chick near The Sea Ranch.

Here the chick is with one of its parents.

Until the chick can fly, it is vulnerable to predators. We hope all will go well for this chick.

Thanks to Margaret for allowing me to share her photos with you here. Margaret is the owner of Unbeaten Path Tours. I highly recommend taking one of her hikes, which Rick and I recently did. I will have to report on that in another blog post! To learn more about Margaret's tours, here is the link to her website: https://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/

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Beth Kattleman wrote,

“I went on a hike to Bowling Ball Beach with my friend, Margaret Lindgren, owner of Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours. It was Marg who pointed out this beautiful patch of Coast Buckwheat just we entered the beach from the north side.

“It was a gorgeous morning – calm sea, low tide, and puffs of lingering fog. Marg also pointed out the sandstone concretions and other geomorphic marvels as we walked the length of Bowling Ball, while she also identified the various Seaweeds that were scattered on the rocky shore.

“I’m lucky to have such a knowledgeable friend! We then hiked the bluff trail between Bowling Ball and Moat Creek, and saw a handsome Osprey perched on a precipice!”

Bowling Ball Beach is found at Schooner Gulch State Park. To learn more about one of my favorite State Parks, here is the link: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=446

And to learn more about Margaret's Unbeaten Path Hiking Tours, here is the link to her website:

http://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/

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

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The two pair of Peregrine's who nested in southern Mendocino county returned to the same spots again this year. In the first photo is the nest with two chicks. Craig Tooley went out with his long lens to get these photos and a short video.

Here's Craig's video:

And Margaret Lindgren photographed the other nest with her cell phone camera. The nest has FOUR chicks.

Thanks to Craig and Margaret for allowing me to share their photos and video with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is his website:  www.ruffimage.com

And to learn about Margaret's fabulous hiking tours here on the Mendonoma coast, here is the link to her website: http://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/

We got 1.02 inches of rain from the late season storm early yesterday. Everything got a nice soaking!