Tag Archives: mushrooms are up

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The first photo shows a beautiful White-tailed Kite. The second photo...a tangled kite!

I love White-tailed Kites. Here is what the Cornell Lab of Ornithology writes about them: "Grasslands and savannas are great places to fly a kite and that's exactly where you will find the White-tailed Kite, flying as if it were attached to a kite string. With its body turned toward the wind and wings gently flapping, it hovers above the ground, a behavior that’s so distinctive it’s become known as kiting. From above it tips its head down to look for small mammals moving in the grass below. Its white underparts, gleaming white tail, and black shoulder patches are its other marks of distinction."

To hear the call of this kite, here is the link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-tailed_Kite/sounds

Thanks to Karen Wilkinson for two fun photos and for allowing me to share them with you here.

Today started off sunny, but clouds moved it. It's been drizzly today, with the bricks in our courtyard damp. More mushrooms are up - matsutakes and cocorra. King and Queen boletes, and yellow Chanterelles are also being found. I found several Zeller's Boletes today.

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The rain we received a little over three weeks ago continues to pay dividends with mushrooms appearing on the Mendonoma Coast. Patty Davenport found this group of Boletus edulis, King Boletes, with a Banana Slug feasting at what she called the "breakfast bar." King Boletes are delicious edible mushrooms that are a treat to find.

Roxanne Holmes photographed a non-edible mushroom, a Dyer's Polypore.

This mushroom's job is to decompose dead wood. Dyers of yarn covet these as when young, like this one, they dye yarn yellow/orange. When mature, they dye yarn a warm brown.

Other mushrooms are appearing now, a welcome sight!

Thanks to Patty and Roxanne for allowing me to share their photos with you  here.

The fog pulled back today, showing us the Pacific Ocean for the first time in a few days. Temps climbed a bit too, low 70's. It's a beautiful autumn day here on the Mendonoma Coast.