The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Wow!  News started trickling in yesterday afternoon that a Waved Albatross ( Phoebastria irrorata ) had been spotted at Cordell Bank (5 ...

Examples of seabirds at Kīlauea Point on the north shore of Kaua’i today (4 April 2024): ‘Ua ‘ u kani, or Wedge-tailed Shearwater ( Ardenna ...

Mōlī, or Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis ) chick, photographed on O’ahu, Hawaii, on 29 March 2024. And here’s a close-up of the ...

    Black-footed Albatross ( Phoebastria nigripes ) offshore on 7 May 2023. And here's a view of the entire bird so you can appreciate i...

    A Black-footed Albatross ( Phoebastria nigripes ) approaching a large piece of squid just below the surface. Then a second individual ex...

    Black-footed Albatross ( Phoebastria nigripes ) were in view for most of the day during the pelagic trip on 23 May 2021.  Sometimes they...

I had kind of an "off" day for bird photographs during the pelagic boat trip to Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank on 6 October 2019. ...

  Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis ), near Cordell Bank on 22 September 2019   P.S.  A follow-up the to Laysan Al...

I mentioned that the light and sea conditions were interesting on the boat trip to Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank on 25 August 2019. Here ar...

  A few Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis ) images from a boat trip to Bodega Canyon/Cordell Bank on 25 August 2019.  [You c...

To help celebrate World Oceans Day (on 8 June 2018):   Common dolphin ( Delphinus sp.)      Laysan Albatross ( Phoebas...

  Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis ) near Cordell Bank on 15 October 2017.  For a fun story about a 65-year old Laysan Albatr...

      Several views of Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis) near Cordell Bank on 20 August 2017. P.S.  For...

  Celebrating Earth Day and science, today and every day!  

...is the thing with feathers (Emily Dickinson)     Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis )

A few bird photos from the boat trip to Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank on 30 July 2016:   Sooty Shearwaters ( Puffinus griseus ) and ...

A few pictures from the pelagic trip to Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank on 18 September 2015:    Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel ( Oceanodroma ...