The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Cedar Waxwings ( Bombycilla cedrorum ) and a Northern Flicker ( Colaptes auratus ) enjoying the morning sun in Santa Rosa today (6 Janua...

    In between appointments in Santa Rosa today, I caught a glimpse of a hummingbird flying towards a tree and then disappearing.  At first ...

  This afternoon (29 October 2017), I went for a short walk at Crane Creek Regional Park — the first time I've been there since th...

A quick look at two nice butterflies (both photographed in Santa Rosa on 3 July 2016):   Mourning Cloak ( Nymphalis antiopa )   ...

I stopped briefly at a quiet spot in Santa Rosa yesterday.  From the edge of a creek, I first heard and then saw a female Wood Duck ( Aix sp...

In 2013, the American Ornithologists' Union voted on whether White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) should be considered several ...

  I had fun learning about Nuttall's Woodpeckers (Picoides nuttallii) today, 14 March 2015.   I know some of you are familiar ...

Okay, this time I didn't cheat.   I found a few minutes this morning to look for the Williamson's Sapsucker in Santa Rosa.  S...

Well, this is cheating a little bit.  But I thought it would be fun to share the news that this species has been seen in Santa Rosa during t...

On 27 December 2014, we were running an errand on 4th Street in downtown Santa Rosa.  I heard a familiar bird sound, but based on where we w...