The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Such interesting clouds yesterday!   Morning view from Cotati on 22 July 2026.

    The rainbows continued today (22 April 2026).  Here's one that appeared high in the clouds over Sonoma Mountain at the end of the da...

    After off and on rain showers for most of the day (12 April 2026), Eric spotted a brilliant rainbow to the southeast of Cotati at sunset...

     Sunrise over Bodega Harbor, 12 March 2026 

    Lucky that I looked at the Moon when I did early this morning.  I checked a little bit later to try to see the Moon emerging from the sh...

    I walked out the door at lunchtime and noticed unusual high clouds right away.  It felt like there was potential for something interesti...

    Wasn't sure if we'd see one tonight, but there it was, glowing green on the horizon.  Photographed from Bodega Head on 28 Januar...

    Sunset from Bodega Head, 21 January 2026  

    Sunset from Bodega Head, 10 January 2026  

    Eric looked up just after sunset tonight and noticed the craters on the Moon looked particularly sharp in the crisp evening air.  Photog...

    Such dynamic weather today  (25 December 2025) .  Frequently the conditions were different on either side of our house.  Sun on the east...

    This green flash photo is from last week, but perhaps it'll be a reminder to keep an eye out for green flashes around sunset at this...

    The sunset was quite something tonight (2 December 2025), and we weren't the only ones watching!   Great Horned Owl ( Bubo virginian...

    Sunrise from Cotati on 4 November 2025  (You can click on the image for a larger version.) 

    Waning crescent Moon on the left and a bright Venus on the right.  Photographed from Cotati in the early morning of 19 October 2025. A...

    An amazing rainbow between Bloomfield and Valley Ford this morning (14 October 2025). This was a full rainbow, but I could only get phot...

    A rainbow appeared briefly to the east when we got home from work tonight (13 October 2025).   Looks like we received ~0.5 inch of rain ...

    Rising moon to the east (on the left) and setting moon to the west (on the right).   The moon rise photo was taken ~7:30 p.m. on 6 Octob...

    Last week I showed a waning crescent, but tonight (26 August 2025) there was a beautiful waxing crescent in the western sky after sunset...

      Have you been awake in the early morning this week?  There's a wonderful "parade of planets" visible in the eastern sky....