Cal Fire Battalion Chief Paul Savona has confirmed that a woman suffered a shark bite while standing in about a foot of water at Trinidad Beach. “She received non-life-threatening injuries,” he said. The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. and an ambulance was called to the scene to take the woman to the hospital. Few other […]
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Drafting Along with Whirligig Beetles
The other day I was talking on the phone with my fiance when I saw a large flying insect investigate a tree in my back yard. I made my excuses, set down the phone and got my camera. The critter in question was a Blue Eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor) dragonfly. Thankfully, they were both quite […]
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What Are You Doing This Weekend?
Editor’s note: With a weekend forecast of a balmy 70 degrees along the coast while hitting close to 100 inland, now seems like a good time to dust off our look at perfect summer trips from the spring 2014 Insider magazine. Weather aside: The National Weather Service Office in Eureka reports there is a slight […]
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Humbug: That’s One Big Moth
Coming home late from the Fortuna fireworks display on July 3, on a whim, I stopped at the Carlotta Fire hall. To my surprise I got to see a species of moth I photographed for the first time last year. Near the light was a Polyphemus Moth. At 6 inches it has the largest wingspan […]
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HumBug: Late Bloomers and Frisky Dragonflies
The walk started off noticing my neighbor’s elm tree is infested with mourning cloak caterpillars. They’re going to town on one of the branches, stripping the leaves right down to the tough ribs. I didn’t tell him. It’s a big tree and I doubt loosing a few leaves is going to have much effect on […]
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Mexican Rodeo at the Fair was Wild, Folks (Photos)
The Brahma bulls at the Mexican Rodeo offered a new kind of thrill ride at the Redwood Acres Best of Humboldt Fair on Sunday — but only young cowboys from the rodeo company were allowed to ride the bulls. A good-sized crowd including a lot of families got a close-up view of the action from […]
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Coasties Rescue Stranded Hiker Near Klamath River (Video)
A crew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay rescued a stranded hiker near the mouth of the Klamath River on Sunday. The hiker had contacted the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office at about 2:30 p.m. to report he’d become stranded at the bottom of a 300-foot cliff near the mouth of the Klamath River […]
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Humboldt’s Dancing CCC Supervisor’s Binge-worthy Show
If you’re looking for something to binge watch that might restore your faith in humankind (no small thing these days), you may want to hit up Wild Jobs, an online series from Animal Planet that’s streaming now. Recognize host John Griffith? Yup, Humboldt’s own dancing California Conservation Corps guy took his moves on the road […]
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HumBug: Mr. Big Moth
Back when cameras used film, I noticed large sections of leaf chewed away on the madrone tree in my front yard. I found three large green caterpillars gnawing away at them. I watched carefully over the next few weeks until they each spun a cocoon. I put a mesh bag over each of them and […]
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Five Things to Know About Summer in Humboldt
Editor’s note: Summer has arrived, not that you’d necessarily know it by stepping outside today (see item No. 1) although the National Weather Service is forecasting a warming trend this weekend with temperatures in the low 70s on the coast and close to 100 degrees inland. Too help you ease into the season, here’s a […]
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Crabs Cap off Superlative Week with Massive Shutout
Since a crushing shutout on June 3 against the Corvallis Knights, the Crabs have scored 60 runs and ripped off five consecutive wins. On the heels of pouring a 15-run deluge on and eking out a 4-3 victory in the 12th Friday night, inning against the San Francisco Seals, the Crabbies welcomed the Valley Bears […]
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HumBug: Back to the River for Swallowtails and Sawflies
As the weather begrudgingly warms up, more bugs are emerging. Lately along the Van Duzen River, I’ve noted pale swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon) and Lorquin’s admiral (Limenitis lorquini) butterflies among others. You can find quite a few stonefly (order Plecoptera) exuvia, or cast off husks, near the water’s edge as naiads emerge, shed their last larval […]