The Natural History of Bodega Head

  Descending Humpback Whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) flukes, offshore of Bodega Head, 6 October 2019.

Some of my favorite Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus) shots from the pelagic trip on 6 October 2019. I love their beautiful mottled patt...

  We were lucky to encounter several Blue Whales ( Balaenoptera musculus ) offshore near Bodega Canyon/Cordell Bank on 25 August 2019. ...

I haven't shared a sound file in a while...but I ended up with a few recordings of whale spouts when we were on the boat trip on 9 Octo...

Views of Humpback Whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) while on the way back to Bodega Bay during an offshore boat trip on 9 October 2016: ...

I'm going to show a few more pictures from the boat trip to Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank on 9 October 2016.  We were treated to some a...

  Today I was on a Redwood Region Ornithological Society boat trip to Bodega Canyon and Cordell Bank with Captain Rick Powers aboard th...

Nice views of Humpback Whales from the boat trip to Cordell Bank on 1 4 August 2016:       In the last picture, one whal...

Okay, here are the two other species of whales we saw this weekend.  These first two pictures are of one individual — they show the dorsal ...

We saw four species of whales on Saturday, so after the Fin Whale post last night, here's a second species: There are a few impo...

Okay, remember the picture from last night?  Did you have a guess about which species of whale it showed?   I took these pictures of ...