Quick shot of a River Otter (Lontra canadensis) from 9 January 2023. I especially like how you can see the length of the tail relative to the body.
The Natural History of Bodega Head
With occasional notes from elsewhere
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Sunday, January 29, 2023
Such a long tail
Friday, January 27, 2023
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Monday, January 23, 2023
Crescent moon, Venus, and Saturn
Crescent moon, Venus, and Saturn at sunset on 23 January 2023. [Venus is down and to the right of the moon, and Saturn is down and to the right of, but fairly close to, Venus. Saturn is likely too faint to see in this photo, but see below for orientation.]
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Sheared off
It's been a couple of weeks since the significant wave event during the early January storms, but I've been working on a small side project to document some of the storm impacts on Bodega Head.
At the offshore buoy maximum recorded swell heights reached ~31 feet during the early morning of 5 January 2023. Impressively, there were sustained swell heights of over 25 feet for at least 5 hours that day (coincident with a high tide), and swells over 20 feet continued for at least 24 hours. These powerful waves sheared off many pieces of rock from the bluffs on Bodega Head. Here's one example from a site that is ~30-40 feet above sea level. The smoother, somewhat orange-colored rock is the new rock surface exposed after the storms.
Saturday, January 21, 2023
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