The Natural History of Bodega Head

A couple of nights ago I promised to share more information about this sea spider:   We're slowly trying to document the diversit...

For 8/8: a beautiful local pycnogonid (sea spider)!   I'm running out of time tonight, but we'll share more information about...

We often see quite a bit of fog in August and the first week of the month as been true to form.  Here's a fog bank off Bodega Head from ...

  Nice to see some color in the salt marsh — Sea Lavender ( Limonium californicum ), 3 August 2020.  

During the last few days, there have been large schools of bait fish near shore.  The last time this happened, it turned out to be Night Sm...

We had to do some work during the early morning today, but afterwards we were rewarded with a nice view of a Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ):   ...

  Two Semipalmated Plovers (dark breast band, more uniform back color), two Least Sandpipers (smaller, browner, on the left), and two W...