The Natural History of Bodega Head

    A quick shot, but it's always useful when you can compare several species in one photo. From left to right: Greater Yellowlegs ( Tri...

    A quick shot of a Red Knot ( Calidris canutus ) on the left and a Short-billed Dowitcher ( Limnodromus griseus ) on the right feeding al...

I had heard that Lisa had found a Stilt Sandpiper ( Calidris himantopus ) near the upper reaches of the Estero Americano, so I swung by ther...

A few pictures from 17 October 2015:   I was watching shorebirds on the inside of Doran Beach, enjoying the calls of Long-billed Dowi...

Thanks to a tip from the North Bay Birds e-mail group, I took a short walk near the mouth of Salmon Creek this afternoon to look for some Re...

...and do it with friends!   Black-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) and Short-billed Dowitchers (Limnodromus griseus) brace t...

We woke up at 3:45 a.m. so that we could arrive on the Mendocino coast for early morning field work.  But it was worth it!  The wind and wav...