The Natural History of Bodega Head

We're back from Iceland but there were so many beautiful landscapes that I hope you don't mind if I share some more photos. This is ...

    Well, we're nearing the end of our visit to Iceland.  Eric thought it would be fun to post some landscape photos, so here's a se...

    One of the things I enjoyed most about Iceland is how close you feel to the basic elements of the earth.   Here are some photos that rep...

Sea cliffs on the approach to Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in Iceland on  8 September 2024.  [You can click on the image for a ...

    I was leading a walk about seaweeds today and we encountered a few of these Bull Kelp ( Nereocystis luetkeana ) holdfasts attached to sm...

    We've been busy with field surveys recently, but I wanted to share one photo illustrating the impacts of the intense storms in Janua...

    It's been a couple of weeks since the significant wave event during the early January storms, but I've been working on a small s...

    Say's Phoebe ( Sayornis saya ) and lichens, 21 December 2022

    Fingered Limpets ( Lottia digitalis ), Eroded Periwinkles ( Littorina keenae ), and a few acorn barnacles ( Chthamalus dalli ) on Bodega...

    On our way out to a field site recently we came across a Black Oystercatcher ( Haematopus bachmani ) nest.  We moved on so as not to dis...

    After field work this morning, I was hearing some Cliff Swallows ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) calling and was wondering where the swallo...

    Along the shore in northern Sonoma County, 19 August 2021

    A few photos of rocks from along the northern Sonoma coast this past weekend.  Thanks to Eric for his excellent eye and framing some bea...

    Barnacles following the grooves in the rock.  They like to live along edges!   P.S.  If you're wondering, the barnacles pictured are...

 Rocks, lichens, mosses...and an owl!  Can you spot it?       There's a Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) just right of center.  If y...

  We had to do some work in northern Sonoma County today (10 November 2019).  It was foggy along most of the coast, but the sun broke t...

I've been reviewing photos from our short visit to Monterey County in late August.  Here's a view of one of the Lobos Rocks near Gar...