The Natural History of Bodega Head

     Early morning sand patterns in the swash zone, 6 May 2026   

    We went for a short walk in Petaluma this morning (22 December 2025).  One of the plants there had water droplets at the tip of every br...

    While walking at Point Reyes yesterday, Eric and I came across a wonderful setting for photographing patterns of water and light over sa...

    Ripples in blue, 12 August 2022 [You can click on the image for a larger version.]

  Flow patterns in the sand, 20 March 2020

While walking through the woods this afternoon, this series of droplets caught me eye.  From a distance, I couldn't quite tell what was ...

So many interesting pictures from The Cedars, it's been hard to choose which to show!  Here's another view of a creek surrounded by ...

Okay, so that was some rain today — an impressive atmospheric river event!  I drove out to work at the coast around 8 a.m. this morning, but...

  A light west wind this afternoon created interesting patterns on the water.  (Click on the image for a larger version.) P.S.  Did...

  Summer foam off Bodega Head on 12 July 2017  

  I've been trying to catch up with some photo organization, so here's a wave from the archives (November 2014).

  Not sure exactly why, but I couldn't resist this view — moving water and reflected light with the pinks of the hydrocoral and the...

  The Pacific Ocean on a calmer day in October 2012.  Click on the image for a larger version.  (I spent some time organizing photos to...

  I've always loved the interplay of light and water.   Ripples along shore at Dillon Beach, 2 October 2016.

Thanks to Audubon Canyon Ranch, I spent some time helping with a winter waterbird survey in Tomales Bay this morning.  Although we were very...

  ...you see a Belted Kingfisher ( Megaceryle alcyon ) fishing in the surf zone!  Here's a slightly closer view of the hoveri...

It was fairly hot this afternoon, so I was looking for some place cool at the end of the day.  I spent a few minutes rock-hopping along Cope...

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

  After a day (or more) of strong northwest winds, we often see a distinct band of lighter-colored water near shore.  Here's a pict...

  Neat patterns on the water today.  The ocean was very calm, with southwest winds at ~5 mph. When I went to look at the ocean, I n...