The Northern Lights began to appear around 11 pm last Friday. Molly Scaramella got a series of photos in Point Arena. Here is one of them.
Alan Reinke got this photo around 11:15 pm from The Sea Ranch.
We were hoping for more of this beauty Saturday and Sunday, but the fog rolled in, pulling the curtain on any more Northern Lights. What a treat, though! It's very rare to see them here.
Thanks to Molly and Alan for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Foggy this morning, but it has pulled back a bit. It's cool too, not even 60 degrees.
Pat Whelan wrote, "We had a Black Bear visit Monday night 2:30am as seen on our critter cam. He/she sniffed the bear boxes and then walked down the trail towards the creek. No damage."
"Last year our trash enclosure was badly damaged by a bear on two different occasions. We now have bear boxes! We ordered them through Tahoe Bear Boxes." Their website is https://bearbox.org/
Here are two videos showing this Black Bear. He/she has a lot of twigs and leaves on its back. I wonder if the bear was sleeping nearby just before his visit.
And here is where the Black Bear is leaving their property.
Thanks to Pat for allowing me to share her videos with you here.
It's warmer today and the breeze is not so brisk. Sunny and warmer for tomorrow and the weekend!
Kate Bloch wrote, "This afternoon, I had the extraordinary privilege of witnessing the birth of a seal pup on Tide Pool Beach. (This is the second such birth I've been lucky enough to observe.) It was heartwarming and inspiring, capturing a remarkable moment of nature's magic. It's seems especially timely that the birth took place on Earth Day.I have attached five photos. They begin with the early emerging of the amniotic sac, reveal the moment of birth, and offer glimpses into the bonding between the mother and newborn, and their first swim together."
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Now that the pup is born, the mother will bond with her. They touch noses!
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Harbor Seal pups are born knowing how to swim. Here the newborn pup takes her first swim with her mother on Earth Day.
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Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her great series of photos with you here.
Oh my, we had a good storm arrive in the wee hours of the morning. 1.86 inches fell, much more than predicted. It was a fairly gentle rain so there are only a few wisteria blossoms down at my place! Season to date rain total is 57.68 inches. 50.00 inches is a normal wet year, so two excellent rain years in a row now. Hooray!
It's an exciting time of year when we see the first mother/calf pairs of Gray Whales. On Monday, several pairs were seen quite close in at Black Point Beach off The Sea Ranch. A friend called Craig Tooley and he got this great photo of a calf.
You can tell this a calf born earlier this year because of his or her stubby nose/mouth area and there are no barnacles yet! Of course the size compared to his/her mom is another clue.
Karen Wilkinson is the friend who called Craig and she got some incredible photos too. I hope to post some of hers soon.
Thanks to Craig for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.ruffimage.com
oh, today is such a lovely day. Warm - low 70's - and no wind.
