The Natural History of Bodega Head

Okay, last night I mentioned there were quite a few different types of gelatinous zooplankton washed up on the beach.  Although these "...

    We went for a short walk on the outer beach at Point Reyes today (26 December 2020).  I'm not sure I've ever seen so many Coroll...

I've heard from several people that pyrosomes have been washing ashore on beaches — in Monterey and Bodega Bay, California and in Seasi...

Okay, here we go — the answer to last night's mystery. This story started during a beach walk on 12 January 2017.  And I'll admit,...

On 5 November, Emily e-mailed that she had found more pteropods, or sea butterflies — and this time it looked like a different species (i....

On 28 September, I wrote about a pteropod, or sea butterfly, Hyalocylis striata , found near Bodega Canyon. On 21 October, we were very ex...

  This remarkable animal is a sea butterfly, Hyalocylis striata .  Kate and Emily discovered it when sorting the contents of a deep...

Returning from a bird survey on Salmon Creek Beach, I was walking along the lower part of the beach near the surf.  I'm always intereste...