The Natural History of Bodega Head

    A few days ago Eric and I were walking along the beach during the Yuletide when we came across these sandy claws.  :) Happy holidays to ...

    Young Sanderling ( Calidris alba ) with a Mole Crab ( Emerita analoga ), 16 September 2021

Okay, here you go, a few more Ruddy Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres ) photos from Dillon Beach yesterday (15 May 2021).   First, a few while ...

    After field work yesterday we caught a glimpse of a small group of six Ruddy Turnstones ( Arenaria interpres ) at Dillon Beach.  I only ...

Last week Eric and I noticed this looping trail on the beach (below).  Immediately both of us thought of an illustration from a card we...

Last night I mentioned that we encountered a River Otter ( Lontra canadensis ) feeding on Mole Crabs ( Emerita analoga ).  We spent some tim...

The recreational crab season opened today (2 November 2019).  Most fishermen were headed out after Dungeness Crab ( Cancer magister ), but o...

Some interesting observations of River Otters ( Lontra canadensis ) this morning (3 October 2018).  This group of three otters was spending ...

Okay, here's the mystery photo from last night:   This is a noticeably spiny crab claw.  Next question — which species of crab i...

  It looks like it's another big year for juvenile mole crabs.  They're very abundant on beaches right now.  The photo above sh...

A few days ago, Eric and I were walking on Salmon Creek Beach and noticed an unusual pattern in the sand.  Most of the sand we'd been wa...

Do you have a guess about what kind of animal made this trail on the beach?   I almost walked by...but then I stopped and gently pro...

Want to take a guess about the following mystery object?  (Warning: The answer is below the image.)     Did you guess part of a cra...

Sanderlings (Calidris alba) are one of the more familiar shorebirds on outer coast sandy beaches.  They spend the winter here, and then fl...