The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Smoke-tinted moon photographed from Cotati on 18 August 2021.

      Two photos showing the smoky light in Sonoma County today (1 October 2020).   Above, Bull Kelp ( Nereocystis luetkeana ) off Bodega He...

I had to do a quick errand in downtown Sebastopol this morning (30 September 2020).  As I walked, I started noticing burnt leaves scattered ...

    Waxing gibbous Moon, photographed from Cotati in smoky skies on 28 September 2020.  Thank you to all of the first responders who are wo...

    Gordon wrote this afternoon to let me know he and a few other folks from Madrone Audubon had come across a small shark at Doran Beach th...

  There was so much smoke over us today, the ambient light had an eerie yellowish cast all day.  The temperature was quite a bit cooler than...