The Natural History of Bodega Head

  I photographed this small green moth in Bodega Bay on 6 July 2014.  From a distance I thought it was a patch of lichen on the wood. ...

  Seemed a closeup of a bryozoan colony would be an appropriate image for the 4th of July weekend — the open lophophores, or feeding t...

Here's an intriguing nudibranch photographed on Bodega Head on 15 June 2014:   Yes, those three little brown bumps on the barnacl...

An interesting and mysterious green egg mass in the low intertidal zone along the rocky shore of Bodega Head:   Here's a closeup ...

Okay, here you go.  I've labeled some of the animals and algae I discovered in the scene below.  I wouldn't be surprised if you foun...

    This is a very small section of rock from the low intertidal zone on Bodega Head, photographed on 15 June 2014.   Sometimes it...

Just a few quick photos of a bird that caught my attention in Occidental today:   I heard some soft begging calls, and when I looked ...