The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Eric and I did a quick beach survey at the end of the day today as the storm was letting up.  There were thousands of By-the-wind Sailor...

    It's been a while since we've seen pyrosomes washing up on local beaches, but Eric photographed this one today, 12 October 2023....

    Hmmm...they look a little bit like icicles, don't they?   Pyrosomes ( Pyrosoma atlanticum ) have been washing up on local beaches re...

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

    Just a quick photo of several pyrosomes washed up on Salmon Creek Beach tonight (28 October 2021).     It's been a while since we...

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

  Just a quick note that with this recent storm, many interesting pelagic animals have washed ashore. Do you remember the pyrosome...

Longer story, but we haven't been able to walk the beach lately.  But we went for a quick walk on Salmon Creek Beach after work tonight....

This morning Serena submitted a comment on last night's "Fire bodies" post saying that she had seen pyrosomes in the Channel ...

This morning Alex asked us about a mystery animal he had observed on Salmon Creek Beach.  He described it as gelatinous, long and finger-lik...