The Natural History of Bodega Head

During the last couple of days, I've looked out the window (in Sebastopol) to see a sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus sp.) on a Sweetgum (Liquida...

Although I recorded this on 6 December, it seems appropriate to share it while listening to raindrops on a wet, soon-to-be-winter's nig...

One of the highest tides of the year led me to the Gaffney Point salt marsh in Bodega Harbor this morning.  The tide reached +6.98 feet at 9...

  View looking south from Coleman Valley Road on 10 December 2012  P.S.  Jim kindly shared this with me, and I liked it so much I...

When Peter mentions that he has found something interesting, you know you're in for a treat.  Such was the case last week when he brough...

Can you guess whose eye this is?   Here's the entire animal:     I was finishing up some field work in the rocky intertid...

Well, these aren't great pictures or recordings, but this is an interesting species and phenomenon, so I thought it would be worth posti...