Tag Archives: The Sea Ranch

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The last time we had a white fawn born on the Mendonoma Coast was spring of 2009. This spring it happened again and Kay Martin was there to photograph the white fawn and its normal-colored sibling and their mom.

Below you can see this special fawn leaping.

This family has been seen near the ninth hole of The Sea Ranch golf course. The white fawn is already starting to show a little color on its flanks. It is not an albino; it is considered a towhead. It will eventually color up if it survives its lack of natural camouflage.

You never know what you are going to see next on the Coast! Thanks to Kay for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

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Bobcats are suppose to be nocturnal. But on the Mendonoma Coast they hunt in bright daylight, as shown by Michael Kreyling's recent photograph.

Michael photographed the cat with the bobbed tail and tufted ears in the middle of the day. Perhaps Bobcats have evolved to be out in the daylight hours here on the Mendonoma Coast.
Thanks to Michael for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

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Rob Diefenbach recently photographed a newborn fawn with its mother.

Something is handing from the mother, perhaps the umbilical cord?

A white fawn was born on The Sea Ranch this year. I had a report with no photo a week or so ago. When I didn't receive any more reports or a photo I thought the fawn had not survived. But this morning the fawn was spotted with its normal-colored sibling and its mother. When I receive a good photo of it I will share it here.

Here is a photo of the white fawn that was born in 2006.

You can see by its eyes and nose that it is not an albino. It was considered a towhead and did eventually color up. Lynda O'Brien took this photo. She described the white fawn as a magical being.

Thanks to Rob and Lynda for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

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On a quiet, secluded bluff face on The Sea Ranch there is a colony of nesting Pelagic Cormorants. With nests attached to the steep sides of the bluff, the colony is very special to see. Craig Tooley recently witnessed the parents exchanging places, giving him a chance to see and photograph the babies in the nest.

These shy seabirds attach their nests of grass, twigs and seaweed to the bluff face with their own guano. They dive from the surface of the water for fish, which they chase down underwater.

I thank Craig for allowing me to share his photo with you here. It's something not all of us would be able to see for ourselves.

To see much more of Craig's beautiful wildlife photography, here's his website: ruffimage.com

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Andy Moore photographed what he thought was an Osprey perched on top of a tree, overlooking the White Barn at The Sea Ranch.

But when I zoomed in on Andy's photo I found he had photographed a White-tailed Kite.

This is such a beautiful hawk. They hover in the air while they hunt for small mammals. The meadows at Gualala Point Regional Park are a good place to see one. To hear the sounds of a White-tailed Kite, here's the link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-tailed_Kite/sounds

Thanks to Andy for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see more of Andy's photography, here is his website: http://www.andystreasuretrove.com/