Snapshots of Sonoma County
Enjoy these reader-contributed photographs of our beautiful region!

Petaluma River on a winter’s night. Photo by Scott Hess.

Tolay Lake Regional Park. Photo by Nathan Horrocks.

Christmas Eve sunset in Jenner. Conjured dreams of Sugarplum Fairies. Photo by Kjirsti Smyth Nicolaysen.
Bridge at Pomo Canyon.
Photo by Kimberlee Shesto Vigil.


Gulls in flight at the mouth of
the Russian River at Jenner.
Photo by Kathy Salangsang,
shot from her kayak.
Sunset at Ellis Creek Wetlands.
Photo by Katie Gebhardt..


Early Paper whites blooming along a Healdsburg country road. Photo by Linda Barretta Borri.

Common Yellow Throat at Ellis Creek by Willow Green.

Sunset and waves at Fort Ross.
Photo by Ed Storck.

Anna’s Hummingbird by Deb Hartnett.

Monarch butterfly in Petaluma by Katie Gebhardt.

“Sun enhances, but so does rain!”. Photo by Anne-Marie Nordquist.

Egret at 9th Steet Rookery, Santa Rosa, by Deb Hartnett.

Goat Rock Beach, Sonoma Coast State Park by Guy Miller. Oct 16, 2020 · Jenner, CA· “Went to Goat Rock last night to take advantage of the moonless night to photograph the Milky Way. What I didn’t expect was to see a bioluminescent display in the breaking waves. It was truly a magical scene.”

Diving enthusiastically for a shrimp?
Bodega Bay, by Will Bakx.

Landscape Eastside of Petaluma by Ilene Shupnick.

Swan at Ellis Creek Wetlands by Jason Baldwin