The Natural History of Bodega Head

  Male Bushtit ( Psaltriparus minimus )   Female Bushtit — note the paler eye color.    Bushtit in Coyote Brush...

  Earlier this month I showed a few Rough-legged Hawk photos (see post on 6 December 2016 ).  Today I was working outdoors when I looke...

Back in California and greeted by a beautiful northwest swell and an offshore breeze —   That's about a 10-foot swell with a wa...

  Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus )  

I wandered around the yard early this morning and just couldn't help taking pictures of the frost and ice.  (I sure do miss cold winters...

A few quick images of the ice along the edge of a small forest stream in Walpole, MA, on 24 December 2016 — Leaf, bubble, rock:   ...

  We got lucky today.  We had walked most of Duxbury Beach (in Massachusetts) without seeing a Snowy Owl.  And then my mom's frie...