The Natural History of Bodega Head

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

    Part of a large flock of shorebirds in Bodega Harbor this morning (21 January 2025) -- mostly Sanderling ( Calidris alba ) and Dunlin ( ...

    I didn't have a lot of time, but as I was leaving work tonight there was nice light on the shorebirds in Bodega Harbor.  I'm alw...

    Dunlin ( Calidris alpinus ) in Bodega Harbor, 8 December 2023   

    A couple of quick shots from a shorebird survey in Bodega Harbor today (18 November 2022). Above, a mixed flock, mostly Dunlin and Least...

    A quick shot from Westshore Road along the Bodega Harbor shoreline today (18 May 2022).  It's always helpful to have examples of dif...

    Along with the Red Knots yesterday, there was a mixed flock of shorebirds including Dunlin ( Calidris alpina ) and Western Sandpipers ( ...

We went for a beautiful morning walk at Limantour Beach today (27 November 2020).  Nice light and wonderful flocks of shorebirds (especially...

Another quick shot from the shore of Bodega Harbor (on 14 October 2020) — this time of a mixed flock of shorebirds.  How many different spec...

  Mixed shorebird flock in Bodega Harbor, 29 December 2018 — primarily Sanderlings ( Calidris alba ), with a few Least Sandpipers ( Cal...

...is not like the others:     Sanderlings ( Calidris alba ) and one Dunlin ( Calidris alpina ), Salmon Creek Beach, 9 May 2017

It was windy today, but the rain let up.  We didn't let the marine forecast for "persisent northeast gales" deter us.  We went...

Some of the sandpipers that feed in Bodega Harbor at low tide leave to rest on outer coast beaches during high tide. On 15 November 2012,...

Mixed shorebird flock, primarily Dunlin (Calidris alpina) and Sanderlings (Calidris alba) .   Salmon Creek Beach, 20 October 201...

Beautiful views of two shorebirds at Van Damme State Park (just south of Mendocino, CA) on 9 May 2012.  Both are on their way to the Subarc...

Beautiful views of shorebirds on Salmon Creek Beach today.  At low tide they feed on the tidal flats in Bodega Harbor, but during the highes...

Today I spent some time with shorebirds in Bodega Harbor.  I was trying to find banded Snowy Plovers.  The Point Reyes Bird Observatory is i...