The Natural History of Bodega Head

    I was doing some work on the coast today when some movement out my window caught my eye.  It was quite stormy and the light was dim, but...

    Well, I'm a little disappointed to report that I had some issues with my camera settings on the boat trip.  I'll still have some...

    A few Parasitic Jaeger ( Stercorarius parasiticus ) shots from the offshore boat trip on 23 May 2021.     Jaegers are impressive aeriali...

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. ...

The light was challenging for photographs during our pelagic trip to Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank on 19 August 2018, but here are a few pi...

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

  Long-tailed Jaeger ( Stercorarius longicaudus ), without its long central tail feathers.   Photographed near Cordell Bank on 18 Septe...

  Parasitic Jaeger ( Stercorarius parasiticus) pursuing a Sabine's Gull ( Xema sabini) , Monterey Bay, 22 August 2014.

Okay, back to Pelagic Week...and to Long-tailed Jaegers (Stercorarius longicaudus) .   On the 30 August 2013 boat trip, we saw over 20 Lon...

  This Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) welcomes you to Pelagic Week #3!   Last fall I featured some of the seabirds...

  Sparkling ocean on 9 September 2012  In the mid-late afternoon, I scanned the horizon from Bodega Head and noticed Sooty Shearwat...