We stayed at the Ancient Redwood RV Park for four days and explored the 25 miles of groves along the Avenue of the Giants. These trees are over 350 feet tall and over 2,000 years old. At least Ida looks really small next to these giants.
Poison Oak is very abundant climbing up the trees, covering the ground, encountered everywhere.
Poison Oak turning red for Fall
Early morning at dawn is when the Varied Thrushes make their short appearance and are barely visable.
California Scrub-Jay
Blackberry bumper crop - great on cereal and ice cream.
Spotted Towhee juvenile
Sooty Grouse cock shows bright eye comb
Caspar Beach surrounded by Caspar Head on the Mendocino Coast across the road from our week stay at Caspar Beach RV Park
Fuchsia attracts Hummingbirds...
like Anna's Hummingbird male
and female Allen's Hummingbird
Steller's Jay
Seen commonly along the California coast
Western Song Sparrow are darker and have a very different song.
Red Admiral Butterfly
Acorn Woodpeckers are actively calling and hauling acorns into drilled holes in dead trees.
Eucalyptus seed pod
Heal-all
Shelf or Bracket Fungus
Black Phoebe
Banana Slugs all snuggled up
It's amazing how long they can stretch - 7-9 inches long
Land Snail - slime tracks
Western Red Cedar
Spike Buck - Black-tailed Deer
Buck shows off his beautiful Black Tail
Fawn Twins
Almost too big for Mom
Fawn Black-tailed Deer
Rest time!
Bushtit, one of many flittering around the park.
Close encounter on the beach.
This is what he is looking for - Beach Hopper
Striped Skunk get a drink from the stream flowing to the ocean
Oh Oh, don't come any closer, or you will be sorry!
Western Bluebird
Look who's checking out the campsite? Gray Fox
Hey! What are you doing here?
We have company, another Fox appears
Would you like me to pose?
They didn't leave very many crumbs!
The Harvest Moon sets over the Pacific - the full moon causes very high and low tides.
Brown Kelp washes onto the beach.
Common Mergansers enter stream to fish as high tide rolls in reversing stream flow.
Cabrillo Lighthouse
Cliff view from the Lighthouse!
Pelagic Cormorants cling to steep cliff walls
Large Brandt and smaller Pelagic Cormorants leave roost cliffs flying out to fish for the day.
We have spent the week with 65 degree days in spite of the heat wave in most of the state.
Many Californians have also come to the coast to cool off.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
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