The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Red-shouldered Hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) in Cotati on 26 November 2025.   Happy Thanksgiving to all!

    We've come across a couple of different Cooper's Hawks ( Astur cooperii ) at their nests recently.  This photo was taken a coupl...

    Cooper's Hawk ( Astur cooperii ) feeding while perched on a tree branch in Cotati on 18 March 2025.  [You can click on the image for...

    In late December I helped out with the Western Sonoma County Christmas Bird Count.  Here's a male Northern Harrier photo from that d...

    A young Red-shouldered Hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) in Bodega Bay on 21 October 2024.  [You can click on the image for a larger version.]

    W ow!  This weekend, Eric looked out the back door and noticed this adult Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii ) sitting on a post in ...

    A beautiful male Northern Harrier ( Circus hudsonius ) turning to search for possible prey below.  Photographed on Bodega Head on 31 Dec...

    From back on 19 November 2023, but here's a view of a young Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii ) with some nice feather details!...

    A young Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii ) taking off after hunting for sparrows in a shrub, 7 October 2023.

    A bit in the shadows, but a nice adult Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii ) across the street from our house in Cotati on 12 Februar...

     Northern Harrier ( Circus hudsonius ) landing with prey, Bodega Head, 22 October 2022

    I was doing some yard work after dinner tonight (20 July 2022) and kept hearing a young Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii ) calling...

    As I was doing chores around the house today, I kept hearing an accipiter calling — kek, kek, kek, kek, kek, kek, kek .  It was only cal...

    Early morning light on a Northern Harrier ( Circus hudsonius ).  I helped out with the Western Sonoma County Christmas Bird Count today ...

    Northern Harrier ( Circus hudsonius ), 9 April 2021

    Red-shouldered Hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) in Cotati, 6 April 2021

    Several days ago I posted a photo of a Ferruginous Hawk ( Buteo regalis ) perched in a grassland in Mendocino County.  This one was phot...

    We had to do some field work in Mendocino County today (8 February 2021).  On the walk down to the study site, we passed this beautiful ...

    I'm working on some photo organization (an endless task!), but here's a Northern Harrier ( Circus hudsonius ) from 24 December 2...

  Northern Harrier ( Circus hudsonius ) with a Pacific Ocean backdrop, 28 February 2020.