The Natural History of Bodega Head

      Air temperatures reached at least the high 60s in Bodega Bay today (7 March 2026).  I started seeing butterflies zipping by in the mor...

    I encountered a small flock of Bushtits ( Psaltriparus minimus ) in a willow thicket in the late afternoon today (20 February 2023).  Th...

  Who me? Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Zonotrichia atricapilla ), 4 March 2020  

  Bewick's Wren ( Thryomanes bewickii ) in the willows ( Salix sp.), Bodega Dunes, 2 March 2019. I liked the view from farthe...

...gets the willow!   Bodega Dunes, 8 March 2018  

A quick look at two nice butterflies (both photographed in Santa Rosa on 3 July 2016):   Mourning Cloak ( Nymphalis antiopa )   ...

While my family is enjoying record-breaking snow in New England (can you tell that I'm jealous?), and predictions in Boston are for a wi...