The Natural History of Bodega Head

    The offshore buoy was reporting wave heights of ~22 feet earlier today (23 December 2024).  These were big waves, so I took a few photo...

    Here's a sampling of seabirds we encountered in Iceland.  Most of these photos were taken on the ferry to/from Heimaey except as not...

    Conditions were just right for bringing Bonaparte's Gulls ( Chroicocephalus philadelphia ) into Bodega Harbor this week — several c...

    We've been busy with sea star surveys this week, but I couldn't help taking a quick photo of these two Western Gulls ( Larus occ...

    Quick shot of a Bonaparte's Gull in Bodega Harbor at the end of the day today, 1 June 2023.

    There were 20-30 foot swells at the coast today.  It's always hard to judge scale when looking at wave photos.  Can you find the two...

    Like clockwork — after a few days with gale force northwest winds in April, a flock of Bonaparte's Gulls ( Chroicocephalus philadelp...

    A similar scene to March 10th unfolded this morning as I was driving to work.  I could see a Bald Eagle out on the tidal flats in Bodega...

    Do you remember the scenes from Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds when the gulls are attacking?  Well, nearly 60 years later, they...

    A couple of days ago I noticed a large group of cormorants, gulls, and pelicans just offshore from Salmon Creek Beach.  It appeared to b...

  We encountered a few nice flocks of Sabine's Gulls ( Xema sabini ) during the pelagic trip to Bodega Canyon and beyond on 23 May 2021....

    Back-to-back days with strong northwest winds in April brings a chance of seeing Bonaparte's Gulls ( Chroicocephalus philadelphia )...

During the last few days, there have been large schools of bait fish near shore.  The last time this happened, it turned out to be Night Sm...