The Natural History of Bodega Head

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

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

    Sunset from Cotati on 21 July 2025.

    This isn't a recent photo, but it's been foggy at the coast lately, and I came across this older photo of offshore fog while doi...

     Fog, sometimes closer, sometimes farther, from the coast.  Photographed on 14 July 2023.

    Dark clouds to the west, headed our way.  A couple of these passing squalls brought hail to Bodega Head today (27 February 2023).   Here...

    Interesting weather today, with rainfall totals so far in Bodega Bay at around 0.5-0.7 inches.  The clouds in the late afternoon were im...

    Interesting clouds in the afternoon today (9 September 2021)...looking a bit like mountains! And nice colors in the sunset over Bodega H...

    I don't know much about clouds, but there were some wild ones overhead around noontime today (7 June 2021).  We could see a distinct...

    The ocean was a bit churned up today (5 March 2021) ahead of cold front that will bring some rain tonight.

Yesterday I had fun watching an isolated squall approach Bodega Head from offshore.  I was watching it out at sea, and could see that it was...

We were driving to work this morning when it started to hail.  I haven't seen hail very often in Bodega Bay, so I was pretty excited.  I...

We've been busy lately, including some field work during the low tide tonight.  I don't have too many recent photos to share, but he...

At this time of year, rain is rare in Bodega Bay, but the forecast called for a chance of showers.  When I drove into work this morning, the...

  Peregrine Falcon in the rain, 7 February 2017 We've had quite a winter.  Today we reached a total of ~38" of rain since ...

A day of interesting weather — rain showers alternating with sun, wind, and dynamic clouds.  We looked up at the end of the day to see a fa...

Well, I'm out of time tonight, but I mentioned the amazing mirages visible during yesterday's heat wave, so I'll post a few pict...

They caught me by surprise:   It's been a good year for Painted Ladies (Vanessa cardui) , but today numbers were noticeably...

We briefly interrupt Pelagic Week to share these views of the evening sky from our house in Sebastopol on 1 September 2013.      ...

  Skies darkened to the northwest this morning.  Sheets of rain were visible on the horizon.   In the photo above, that's...