The Natural History of Bodega Head

Last night I mentioned seeing ctenophores (or comb jellies) washing up on the beach.  Tonight I took a closer look at a few of them.  This i...

This was a working weekend for me, so I didn't have much time for pictures.  But I took a quick walk on the beach late this afternoon an...

  Well, these aren't great photos, but one reason for this blog is to document events that stand out during the year.  I'll try...

Eric called me at the end of the day to say that he was looking at a dragonfly on the wall outside of his office.  I hadn't had a chan...

  A red nudibranch that eats a red sponge and lays a ribbon of red eggs on the sponge. Meet the Red Sponge Nudibranch, Rostanga pul...

  I'll always wish I knew more about how to identify the sculpins that live in our local tidepools.  But I've decided not to le...

There have been a lot of nice shorebirds around Bodega Harbor recently.  I missed the Wilson's Phalaropes this weekend, but on the 4th o...