Tag Archives: Molly Scaramella

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The Northern Lights began to appear around 11 pm last Friday. Molly Scaramella got a series of photos in Point Arena. Here is one of them.

Alan Reinke got this photo around 11:15 pm from The Sea Ranch.

We were hoping for more of this beauty Saturday and Sunday, but the fog rolled in, pulling the curtain on any more Northern Lights. What a treat, though! It's very rare to see them here.

Thanks to Molly and Alan for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Foggy this morning, but it has pulled back a bit. It's cool too, not even 60 degrees.

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Two other coast residents photographed the grand conjunction, where Jupiter and Saturn were the closest they had been to each other since the Middle Ages. Elizabeth Fernandes photographed the event.

Molly Scaramella also photographed it, zooming in on the two planets.

This conjunction won't happen again until March 15, 2080.

Thanks to Elizabeth and Molly for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

A little overnight rain, and a drippy, foggy day today. The Pacific Ocean has been LOUD with huge swells hitting the Mendonoma Coast. The King Tides are 1/11/21 and 1/12/21.

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Molly Scaramella noticed this Great Blue Heron watching the flooding Garcia River. Of all the birds here on the Mendonoma coast, the Great Blue Herons seem to be unfazed by the wild and wet weather.

Molly got a photo of perhaps the same Heron on a different day, perched in a tree.

Great Blue Herons have a rather squawking sound that you can hear at this link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/sounds

They wade into the water to fish, and they hunt for rodents, insects, and even birds on land. And they can hunt in the daytime and nighttime due to photoreceptors in their eyes. They are year round residents of the Mendonoma coast.

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