The Natural History of Bodega Head

    The fin of a Bat Ray ( Myliobatis californica ) at sunset. Bat Rays are powerful swimmers and since this was a calm night, sometimes the...

  Cathy mentioned she's been seeing some Red-necked Phalaropes ( Phalaropus lobatus ) at Salmon Creek, so I went for a short walk there ...

    This morning I was watching some Barn Swallows ( Hirundo rustica ) feeding on insects along a rocky intertidal surge channel when I noti...

    Arriving at the coast in the early afternoon, Eric spotted a number of dragonflies cruising back and forth along a dune ridge.  I went b...

    Earlier this month, I was looking at a sandpiper and initially wondering if it might be a Baird's Sandpiper ( Calidris bairdii ).  I...

    Along the shore in northern Sonoma County, 19 August 2021

    Smoke-tinted moon photographed from Cotati on 18 August 2021.