The Natural History of Bodega Head

  A few years ago, I was excited to write about one of our local tube snails, Petaloconchus montereyensis .  (You can review that p...

  Surfbird (Aphriza virgata) , Bodega Bay, 16 March 2015 I wrote about molting Surfbirds a couple of years ago, but I can't hel...

  Neat patterns on the water today.  The ocean was very calm, with southwest winds at ~5 mph. When I went to look at the ocean, I n...

  I had fun learning about Nuttall's Woodpeckers (Picoides nuttallii) today, 14 March 2015.   I know some of you are familiar ...

  Can you see the material in this titmouse's bill? On 7 March 2015, we noticed this Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) gathe...

I was finishing up work on Bodega Head at the end of the day and a white splash offshore caught my eye.  I took my binoculars out of my back...

There were quite a few Blue Dicks or Wild Hyacinths ( Dichelostemma sp.) in bloom along the North Sonoma Mountain Trail on 7 March, and I s...