Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand have a motion detector camera at their property near Point Arena that captures some wonderful wildlife sightings. Recently they were amazed to see this photo.
The big Cougar was walking through their property in the middle of the night!
Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their photo with you here.
Another sparkling clear day on the Mendonoma Coast.
Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand’s trail cam has done it again. Near Point Arena, their camera photographed a Mountain Lion. Jinx wrote, “When I retrieved the photo chip, I found that a Puma strolled past about 5 pm in daylight; first time for that. It seems to be on a one-month pattern. Prior photos were 2/6/20 and 3/13/20, which would lead me to think it was a male keeping an eye on a typical large territory."
“However, one of these photos caught a butt shot that makes it pretty clear to me it’s not a male. Wonders of nature, eh?”
I sent Jinx’ photo to Dr. Quinton Martins, of Living With Lions. He wrote, “Fantastic! So cool – yes, this looks like an older female.” To learn more about Dr. Martins' efforts to protect Mountain Lions, here is his website: https://www.egret.org/living-with-lions
Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Sunny, warm and very breezy - there has to be a LOT of upwelling going on in the ocean today!
Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand have a motion detection camera, or a trail cam as Jinx calls it. They have had some recent visitors to their place near Point Arena. The most exciting to them was this beautiful Mountain Lion who strolled by.
Just the other night, their camera picked up two Gray Foxes appearing to meet. The camera took a dozen photos of the encounter. Notice the raised tails. One fox then left the area with the other following close behind. This could be a romantic encounter as this is mating season for Gray Foxes.
And several weeks ago the camera picked up an owl - we're not sure what type of owl.
There is a LOT going on during the night at their property!
Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their trail camera photos with you here.
Cooler today with some clouds drifting in, but still no rain.
We finally got power restored this afternoon. Four days is a long time to be out. But I'm glad to be back up and to share nature sightings with you today.
Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand have a motion-detector camera set up at their Point Arena property. Look what they recently recorded. First, a Bobcat.
And a Coyote!
And a big Buck.
Thanks to Jinx for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
It's sunny and cool on the Mendonoma coast today, with some smoke from the Kincaid Fire in Sonoma County. The smoke is giving us eerie sunsets, just about perfect for Halloween tomorrow!
Last Thursday, Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand had one of the rarest sightings of all – a Fata Morgana. Jinx wrote, “As we were driving down the coast, headed toward Jenner, we saw something odd in the familiar view offshore. Beyond Bodega Head and further out, it seemed we were seeing Point Reyes as taller and clearer than we both remember ever seeing it, and it seemed to have structures above the land."
If you look at Jinx's photo above, it shows dark blocks to the right. That is open ocean with no land.
“We stopped several times to take photos, and it kept changing – at times hardly visible, at other times showing a dark shape at the right and separate shapes like cranes on the left.
We considered the idea of a ship, but it stayed in the same relative position and we realized a ship that looked like this would have to be a mile long. We concluded it was an optical phenomenon. We were amazed and awestruck.”
Fata Morganas are photographable mirages and are called superior mirages. They are named after the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le Fey. They are caused when rays of light are bent when they pass through different temperature layers in the air.
Thanks to Jinx for allowing me to share her unusual sighting with you here.
We still have smoke from the Butte County fires, but not as bad. Still doing a rain dance!