I love these elegant birds. We often see Great Blue Herons near rivers and wetlands. Recently Mike Reinhart found this Great Blue Heron preening near the Gualala River.
Can you stand on one leg and preen your feathers? I thought not!
Thanks to Mike for allowing me to share his photo with you here.
It's much cooler today. It's also windy with lots of clouds - it *feels* like we could get rain soon. Hope so! It's been well over a month since we got any meaningful rain.
Michael Beattie is monitoring several sites where Peregrine Falcons have nested the past few years on the Mendocino coast. He caught this Peregrine preening recently.
And then shaking his/her leg.
Here's a photo Michael took last year of Peregrine Falcon in flight, and looking at Michael!
We are happy Peregrines have returned to the Mendonoma Coast, along with Bald Eagles.
Thanks to Michael for allowing me to share his photos with you here.
The first fawns have been born and they are so very cute. I will share a photo of some soon. Today I want to show you Bucks with their growing antlers covered in velvet. Jon Loveless photographed two Bucks preening each other.
It's a peace on earth moment. Later when these two Bucks might be competing for Does, they won't be so friendly.
Michael Beattie also photographed Bucks near Point Arena on a spectacular day. The lupine bush in the middle is just about to bloom.
Thanks to Jon and Michael for allowing me to share their photos with you here.