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Seabird nesting season has got off to a late start in Bodega Bay, but the Murres, Gulls and Brandt's Cormorants at the Head are getting busy. The Oystercatchers have claimed their territory, but don't seem to be sitting on eggs just yet. The Pelagic Cormorants are conspicuously missing, perhaps dissuaded by the road grading project. There are a few surprise birds in the area right now: A Wander...

Mrs. Kestrel prefers her rodents with as little fur as possible. Not only does she try to remove as much fur as she can, she also doesn't have much of a taste for rodent intestines.

I heard a commotion and noticed a Bewick's Wren by the oak tree. She was very upset because a Downy Woodpecker had moved into her nest site. The Downy was vigorously defending the site and pushing out the sticks the Bewick's Wren had put in the nest. The happy news for the Bewick's is that she was able to reclaim her nest the following day.

Elephant Seal babies like to play with their flippers. They tickle and chew them, and always seem to be moving them. Here is some Elephant Seal pup cuteness. Enjoy.

Elephant Seals mothers have one pup, but sometimes the mother and pup become separated. The lost pup then latches on to a different mother and competes with her pup to nurse. If the pups are lucky, the lost pup relocates its mother. If not, then the two pups get half the nutrition they need to survive.

This Great Horned Owlet showed huge promise from the beginning. When in the nest, he stole food from his mother, and dominated his sibling. He was the first owlet out of the nest and in a matter of days he was flying. But something happened. His parents and sibling mysteriously disappeared and he was left to fend for himself. He watched hungrily as the Barn Owl babies were being fed, and he con...

Everyone who was anyone was at the beach today. There must have been a huge bait ball, because there were hundreds of Brown Pelicans, Heermann's Gulls, some Double-crested Cormorants, Loons, Surf Scoters, and others, all diving for a meal.

Back in August, I went to the Head to do breeding bird counts, but it was so foggy all I saw was this Harbour Seal.

It was a windy, foggy day at the Head, but I braved the weather for a few minutes to watch the Pelagic Cormorant babies get a meal.

The Osprey kids are growing up. They fledged almost two weeks ago, but they don't know how to hunt, and are still being fed by their parents. Mom Osprey is very protective, and goes after pelicans and gulls daily they get too close to a tempting fish dinner in the Osprey nest at their peril. The Osprey kids spend their days eating, screaming for food, and flying in circles around the nest area,...

Baby season is in full swing at Bodega Head. The Pelagic Cormorants have returned to the cliff face (after an unfortunate drone incident several years ago), and the Brandt's Cormorants are back on Bodega Head in numbers. Western Gulls have spread out from the Head to the surrounding rocks, and Common Murres have begun to populate the back of the Head, competing for space with the Brandt's Cormo...

It wasn't ideal weather for video, but I braved the high winds and harsh light and here is the result. There was lots of action on the Rock today. Apparently seaweed is in high demand, and the Brandt's Cormorants had to walk gauntlets of thieving compatriots to bring it to their nest. There were isolated violent fights in the Common Murre territory, and a lot of gratuitous poking in various dir...

The 2023 spring nesting season has been slow, perhaps because of the inclement weather. But during today's count at Bodega Head, there was one Western Gull on a nest (fashionably wearing some nesting material), there were Common Murres on the back of the Head, and three pairs of Pigeon Guillemots put dibs on nesting locations or prospected for property. Breeding Pigeon Guillemots have the styli...

The kids are getting bigger. Mom doesn't spend much time in the nest anymore, but does chop up the food for them. There is a rat's nest about 20' up from the owl nest, which makes grabbing dinner very convenient. Although tonight's dinner was rat, it appears that the babies previously dined on crow, judging by the feathers that were flying around during flapping sessions.

April 6, 2023 Bodega Rock budding Common Murre colony

Smooth Norbert the Great Horned Owl does his wake-up hoots

Stalking Bobcat catches a Pocket Gopher

Juvenile Bald Eagle with dinner

2023 Starling Murmuration take 3

2023 Starling Murmuration (continued)

2023 Starling Murmuration

2022 Northern Spotted Owl kids

2022 Fall Vaux's Swifts

The Owl Baby Foot Fetish Continues

Great Horned Owl Baby Food Delivery Service

2022 Great Horned Owl baby

Pelagic Cormorant nest maintenance and feeding

First view of Pelagic Cormorant chicks

Northern Spotted Owl baby acts out