Recently I had been thinking that it had been a while since seeing or hearing about a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sighting in Bodega Bay. Then last night (23 January 2019), a few appeared swimming north off Bodega Head.
They were distant, and it was starting to get dark, but I managed a few photos:
Luckily, one image was good enough for Bill Keener (Golden Gate Cetacean Research) to identify an individual:
This is Shiloh, a dolphin that's been observed between Pigeon Point and Sea Ranch during the past few years, and was also spotted off Bodega Head back in July 2015.
Many thanks to Bill for sharing the identification and background information about this dolphin.
It's always interesting and helpful to hear about other local Bottlenose Dolphin sightings, so let us know if you happen to see them!
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