Tag Archives: Ron LeValley

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August 7th was the day Ron LeValley caught magic with his camera. He photographed the setting sun in the hopes of capturing a green flash from the Little River Headlands in Mendocino County. To see a green flash is special enough but this one turned blue and then violet on each side.

What an incredible photo! Rick and I have purchase a copy so we can have it in our home. Here's the link to Ron's web site if you'd like to own a copy too: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/

I have several photos of the green flash on this site. Here's a link to one of them: http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2012/02/07/the-green-flash-was-photographed-by-richard-kuehn/

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

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Ron LeValley was invited to accompany a biologist who was checking on a Northern Spotted Owl nest near the Navarro River in Mendocino County. Look what they found - a female Spotted Owl.

Ron wrote, "Biologists feed the owls mice and see what they do with them. If they eat them right away, it is a good indication that there are no chicks. If there are chicks, the parent owls take the first mice to their chicks. (Below) is the chick that this female owl took the first three mice to. The adult female ate the fourth mouse indicating that this chick was likely the only one the adults were raising."

These Owls are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. They nest in old-growth trees and need large areas in which to hunt. Besides the loss of habitat due to logging, the appearance of Barred Owls is considered to be another threat to these beautiful Owls.

A big thank you to Ron LeValley for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Ron's photography, here's a link to his website: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/

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Ron LeValley was on a boat off of Fort Bragg on the Mendocino Coast when a pod of Pacific White-sided Dolphins appeared. Ron, of course, had his camera and took these fabulous photos.

 In the photo below one of these small Dolphins was leaping ahead of the boat. "Hey, follow me!"

And these two Dolphins took a good look at Ron and the boat.

Pacific White-sided Dolphins are found in the North Pacific. They are a little bigger a man and seem to be fascinated by humans in boats. These Dolphins were severely impacted by driftnet fishing, which has since been banned early in the 1990's.

Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share these photos with you here. To see more of Ron's nature photography, here is the link to his web site: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/

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A Doe will leave her fawn in a safe place while she forages for food. Imagine Ron LeValley's surprise when he opened his front door and found tiny fawn curled up asleep on his doormat.

When I saw these photos I wrote Ron that I thought he was blessed by Mother Nature with this visit. He wrote back, "I've been blessed by Mother Nature most of my life!" Sometime during the day the Doe collected her precious fawn and the doormat was unoccupied when Ron returned home.

Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see more of Ron's photography, here is the link to his web site: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/

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It seems like everyone with a camera on the Mendonoma Coast tries to photograph the perfect wave. Since there are so many correct answers for this test, we'll just call this photo by Ron LeValley one of many perfect waves.

Ron took this photo off the Little River Headlands in Mendocino County. That is also a great spot for spotting Gray Whales. Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

To see much more of Ron's beautiful photographs, here's the link to his website: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/