The Natural History of Bodega Head

 Rocks, lichens, mosses...and an owl!  Can you spot it?       There's a Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) just right of center.  If y...

 Had to work late tonight, but here's a Bushtit for you:    

     A quick shot of some clouds at sunset tonight, 28 January 2021.

    I wandered outside tonight with salamanders on my mind.  This is the first one I encountered — a young Arboreal Salamander ( Aneides lug...

    These tubular shells look a little bit like macaroni, don't they?  I had noticed examples of this family in shell books over the yea...

     Golden-crowned Kinglet ( Regulus satrapa ) in Bodega Bay in 18 January 2021 P.S.  There's a little more information about Golden-cr...

    Pygmy Nuthatch ( Sitta pygmaea ) as it pecked at what looked like an insect pupa that it had wedged into a fissure between the scales of...