Petaluma CA

We are staying at the Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma. There are only 6 sites, each one generously sized and spaced out around a semi circle. We look out our back window at a lake surrounded by a walking path. We’ve taken several walks, there are walking/running paths all over the place. There is a lot of wildlife here: wild turkeys, deer, hawks, kingfishers, and more, supported by the many fields and unmown areas on the base. They’ve created a wildlife sanctuary intentionally or not.

House Finch

Here the House Finch is hovering waiting for this leaky faucet to drip.

The background is gray because the faucet is the water hookup for a paved camp site. The gray is the paved surface.

The area around the lake is thick with vegetation with yellow flowers. We discovered bullfrogs are using it for their habitat.

Bullfrogs
Multiple Bullfrogs
Flycatcher
This is Us
View of the lake
Little bridge that is part of the path around the lake
We counted at least 5 immature red shoulder hawks
Hawk in flight
Egret
Egret
Bluebird
Female bluebird

(We think: our bird identifier app isn’t working right now.)

Great Blue Heron
What is happening?

Vic used the speaker and a bird call app to bring the bluebird in closer.

Can you believe the variety of wildlife here? Also do you love this scenery? The area surrounding the base is farming countryside, so enjoyable to look at cows and horses and fields of hay.

4 thoughts on “Petaluma CA”

  2. You certainly are living the dream. My favourite pic is the house finch sequence.

    We are having a wild week w company as they are all booked on west jet who went on strike Friday so we are scrambling to get people home and new company here.

    Just for really fun timing we sold a house to my son and it closes tomorrow but the house needs finishing so we only have them partly moved and have trim work and painting to do but also have company- my son and family… my 2 year old grandson who I want to play w for the next three weeks.

    His partner works at home so will need a quiet place to work- so she will be spending days in the camper which is torn apart too w John making some repairs a nd improvements 🤪

    Sue Battersby-Campbell

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