The Natural History of Bodega Head

    While walking a beach near the   Garðskagi   lighthouses (near the village of  Garður   on the Reykjanes Peninsula), I looked down to se...

    A few shorebird photos from Iceland.  Above, sandlóa (in Icelandic) or Common Ringed Plovers ( Charadrius hiaticula ).  (I really enjoye...

    Well, we're nearing the end of our visit to Iceland.  Eric thought it would be fun to post some landscape photos, so here's a se...

    We've been hoping to see rjúpa, or Rock Ptarmigan ( Lagopus muta ) in Iceland and tonight we got lucky.  Eric spotted a small flock ...

    Eurasian Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus ), or tjaldur in Icelandic, along the shoreline of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula   in Icelan...

During our first few days in Iceland, we were fortunate to find some excellent tidepooling locations.  We've been taking lots of photogr...

    A couple of scenes from the West Fjords of Iceland.  In the photo below, that's Eric waving at the top of the cliff!