Tuesday, April 15, 2014

The first Harbor Seal pups have arrived.

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It's that time of year - Harbor Seal pups are being born. Carol Hunter got a photo of one of the very first pups of 2014. Harbor Sea...
Monday, April 14, 2014

King Boletes, Boletus edulis, are still being found.

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It amazes me that King Boletes are being found in April. They "normally" fruit in the fall after the first rains. But this hasn...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

This young Buck survived losing part of its leg.

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Several people reported seeing this Buck and Annie Beckett got a photo. We don't know how it was injured. It could have gotten caugh...
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Friday, April 11, 2014

A Red-tailed Hawk takes flight, as photographed by Craig Tooley.

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Red-tailed Hawks are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast. When the sun hits their tail just right you can see why they got their nam...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Rain followed by warm weather equals wildflowers!

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John Sperry recently photographed a field of Zigadenes, Zigadenus fremontii. Cece Case captured a Calypso Orchid, Calypso bulbosa . ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

A female Ceanothus Silk Moth emerges from her cocoon, as photographed by Jerry Rudy.

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I'm going to let Jerry Rudy tell this story. He wrote several weeks ago, "You will remember the Silk Moth that ended up on my back ...
Monday, April 7, 2014

Two Gray Whales were mating off the Mendocino Coast.

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Occasionally two Gray Whales can be seen mating off our coast. Larain Matheson was on a whale watching trip out of Fort Bragg. The two whale...