The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) on driftwood along the upper beach near Salmon Creek, 25 December 2024.

    Townsend's Warbler ( Setophaga townsendi ) bathing in Monterey on 12 November 2023.

    At work today I looked out the window and noticed a small bird flitting around in a lupine bush.  I could tell it wasn't a sparrow, ...

    A quick shot of another backyard visitor — Townsend's Warbler ( Setophaga townsendi ), in Cotati, 2 January 2021.

  Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) just after a bath, 15 December 2019

As I walked through the parking lot at work yesterday (19 November 2018), I noticed this handsome Palm Warbler ( Setophaga palmarum ) ...

We haven't spent much time outside lately because of the wildfire smoke and poor air quality, but at times there have been quite a few b...

This morning I was interested to see that we received almost 2 inches of rain last night.  Some of the local birds took advantage of the pud...

There have been many visitors to our bird bath recently.  Here's one photo from yesterday (25 November 2017):   A very bright Yel...

Between rain and hail showers today, quite a few songbirds visited the plum tree blossoms in our yard.  Two examples photographed from our k...

A few people have expressed interest in seeing and hearing this American Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla ) that appeared on Bodega Head today...

Fall colors, in migrants and foliage, in Alstead, NH, on 28 September 2015:   Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)   ...

  Janet noticed this young male Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) in the Bodega Marine Lab parking lot on 9 June 2015.  L...

We'll wrap up The Cedars Series with a few miscellaneous shots:   An ultrabasic spring (pH > 11) where calcium carbonate is a ...

I've been seeing a lot of Townsend's Warblers (Setophaga townsendi) lately.  A few days ago, on 26 December, I ran into a flock o...

  Spotting a Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) foraging along the dune ridge near the entrance gate to the Bodega M...

I haven't had much time to catch up with fall migrants this year, but here are a few quick shots for the record.  These are the first pi...

Well, I didn't get great shots of this bird, but it was the first time I've seen this species on Bodega Head, so I'm posting the...