The Natural History of Bodega Head

    It's been a while since we've seen pyrosomes washing up on local beaches, but Eric photographed this one today, 12 October 2023....

    During a short walk along Bastendorff Beach (near Charleston, OR) today (28 October 2022), I noticed a few of these small salps in the d...

    Hmmm...they look a little bit like icicles, don't they?   Pyrosomes ( Pyrosoma atlanticum ) have been washing up on local beaches re...

    Just a quick photo of several pyrosomes washed up on Salmon Creek Beach tonight (28 October 2021).     It's been a while since we...

I've heard from several people that pyrosomes have been washing ashore on beaches — in Monterey and Bodega Bay, California and in Seasi...

  Just a quick note that with this recent storm, many interesting pelagic animals have washed ashore. Do you remember the pyrosome...

This morning Serena submitted a comment on last night's "Fire bodies" post saying that she had seen pyrosomes in the Channel ...

This morning Alex asked us about a mystery animal he had observed on Salmon Creek Beach.  He described it as gelatinous, long and finger-lik...