The Natural History of Bodega Head

    It was a cold and windy day here in Scituate, Massachusetts, but we went for a short walk this afternoon (11 December 2025) and caught u...

    Red-throated Loon ( Gavia stellata ), Scituate Harbor, MA, on 9 December 2025. Here's the entire bird (below). Note the spangled pat...

    Nice view of a Forbes' Sea Star ( Asterias forbesi ) in a shallow tidepool in Scituate, Massachusetts, on 20 September 2025. Eric wa...

    Northern Acorn Barnacles ( Semibalanus balanoides ), photographed in Scituate, Massachusetts, on 9 December 2024. Thanks for the great p...

    A couple of photos of sunrise over Scituate Harbor, 9 December 2024     And here's one more, with the light on the light:  

    Purple Sandpipers ( Calidris maritima ) hunkered down in Scituate, Massachusetts, on 11 December 2022.   While trying to photograph the ...

  Evening high tide in the salt marsh, Scituate, MA, 26 August 2016  

I've been really busy lately, so haven't been out walking much.  And I've been thinking a lot about where I grew up.  So here...

  My dad (Steve Sones) with a Striped Bass ( Morone saxatilis ) off Scituate, MA   My dad, my sister (in the yellow hoodie)...