The Natural History of Bodega Head
With occasional notes from elsewhere
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Willets and godwits
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Willets (Tringa semipalmatus) and Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa) roosting along the shore of Bodega Harbor on 12 July 2012. The go...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
In-N-Out Bivalve
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Clam siphons I wish I knew which species of clam this is. (It was found in a low intertidal cobble on 7 July 2012.) But even w...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Membranoptera weeksiae
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A couple of close-up views of a beautiful red alga, Membranoptera weeksiae . Peter Connors had the sharp eyes and experience to noti...
Monday, July 9, 2012
Coast Onion
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Wild Onion or Coast Onion (Allium dichlamydeum) These photographs were taken near Dillon Beach, but this late-flowering native per...
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Nodding heads
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This is a colony of kamptozoans, also called entoprocts. Kamptozoa means "bending anima...
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Spiny goddess of the sea
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Wine-plume Dorid (Acanthodoris nanaimoensis) This nudibranch was photographed on Bodega Head on 7 July 2012. Note the white/gray b...
Friday, July 6, 2012
Eye colors
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Can you guess whose eye this is? Northern Clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus) Clingfish have an adhesive disc between their ...
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