The Natural History of Bodega Head

      A few quick shots of Harbor Porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) from Limantour Beach on 23 August 2025. Sea conditions were relatively cal...

    A couple of weeks ago, Eric looked up from the surf zone to see this animal swimming by. I was surprised how close to shore it was.  Her...

    It's a busy week (!), but here are a couple of Dall's Porpoise ( Phocoenoides dalli ) photos from the pelagic trip on 7 May 2023...

    Several Steller Sea Lions ( Eumetopias jubatus ) swimming by while we were offshore on 21 August 2022.   And although we saw several sma...

L ast night I mentioned that a large number of Harbor Porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) were visible off Bodega Head yesterday.  Although the...

    Well, this is a bit of a preview, but I wanted to share an observation from today (12 March 2022).  This morning I noticed a few Harbor ...

    The distinctive forward-leaning splash (often called a "rooster tail") of a Dall's Porpoise ( Phocoenoides dalli ).  I fel...

I'm at a work-related meeting, so I haven't had much time today, but here's a Dall's Porpoise ( Phocoenoides dalli ) photo f...

I went for a short walk at the end of the day.  The Pacific Ocean off Bodega Head hardly ever looks like this, especially in winter.  Calm s...

 ...Splash! During the pelagic trip on Sunday (10 September 2017), we had great looks at a group of Dall's Porpoises ( Phocoenoides da...

  I don't have much time tonight, but here are a few more photos from the offshore boat trip on 9 October 2016. Can you see the...

Nice views of Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Drakes Bay today, 26 November 2014:      This was my favorite image:  ...

A few days ago, I was excited to see quite a few Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) swimming not too far off of Bodega Head.  Yesterday I...