Tag Archives: Ron Bolander

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Milkmaid blossoms are quite small and prove difficult to photograph...at least for me. Ron Bolander to the rescue. He found this beauties at Gualala Point Regional Park last Saturday.

There are groups of them at Rick's and my property near a seasonal creek. They like moist areas. Milkmaids are in the mustard family. They are doing particularly well this year!

Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

The vigorous storm blew through yesterday, with ominous-looking clouds full of brief downpours. Here are two photos of a very impressive cell that I took yesterday, Sunday.

Season to date rain totals at our location is 58.81 inches, a nice, fat, wet season. There's another chance of some rain tomorrow afternoon. Then we have a bit of a dry spell and warmer temps. This weekend could be spectacular here on the Mendonoma Coast!

Bonus sighting: On Friday Scott and Tree Mercer saw their first mother/calf Gray Whales pass by the Point Arena Lighthouse Peninsula...heading north.

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Ron Bolander noticed this Bobcat a ways off in a meadow along Lighthouse Road in Point Arena.

You can clearly see this Bobcat's tufted ears. They love Gophers and Voles and such. The meadows on the way in to the Point Arena Lighthouse have an ample supply!

Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

oh, what a beautiful day today. Flat ocean, sunny skies, temps in the low 60's. Gray Whales are going by our portion of the coast now, headed south to the lagoons off Baja.

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Laura Baker and Lewis Lubin have a apple tree at their Annapolis place. Their motion camera is pointed in the direction of that tree. We know Black Bears love apples! Last month their camera captured this healthy-looking bear.

Pat Whelan appears to be on a regular route of a Black Bear in The Sea Ranch. A few weeks ago, her camera caught this bear trying to figure out Pat's bear-proof garbage bins. Here's the video:

Black Bear checks out garbage bins, courtesy of Pat Whelan

And Ron Bolander found evidence of a Black Bear at Gualala Point Regional Park just last weekend. The scat is full of bite-sized apples!

Maybe that was more than you wanted to know...

Thanks to Laura, Pat and Ron for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

We had a break from the rain on Christmas Day and much of Dec.26th, but the rain has returned in earnest late afternoon on Thursday. Rain total season to date before this afternoon's storm is 33.54 inches. A "normal" rain season at Rick's and my place in Anchor Bay is 50 inches.

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Ron Bolander was down at the Gualala River when he saw this beautiful Great Blue Heron. He got the magic moment when the heron was about to lift off. And the photo Eric Zetterholm took of the heron looking right at him makes me laugh.

 

Great Blue Herons are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast.

Thanks to Ron and Eric for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

ah, the sunshine today feels so good after all the rain. We got another 0.69 inches yesterday, Monday, for a total of 21.95 season to date. Today the clouds slipped south and sunshine ruled the day.

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Ron Bolander found this duo recently. It looks to me like an adult in the back, with a younger Gray Fox in the front.I wonder if they were hunting for a tasty rodent in the grassy meadow where Ron found them.

Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

oh, it's a beautiful day here today - breezy and warm, with plenty of blue sky!