The Natural History of Bodega Head

It was 6 a.m.  I saw the flock in the distance, and I thought it looked different, but I didn't follow up on that instinct until they ca...

In December 2013, I posted about an 8-armed Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and a 10-armed individual.  To review those images, s...

  Eric and I watched a couple of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) gathering mud in a parking lot in Bodega Bay this morning.  I...

Scott reported 14 Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) at Salmon Creek yesterday, and I'll admit, when a phalarope is nearby, it...

  There were a couple of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) roosting and feeding along the shoreline near Porto Bodega at the north end of B...

A Laughing Gull was photographed in Bodega Harbor on 3 May 2014, so as we drove along Westshore Road this afternoon, I kept an eye out for d...

What fun to receive an e-mail from Carl Vogler this morning about an unusual fish at Dillon Beach:   Tom Carter (of Corte Madera) dis...