About the Presentation: Many birds are brightly colored, others use patterned feathers for camouflage. How do these colors originate? What’s the difference between colors from pigments and physical colors? From Yellow Warblers to Anna’s Hummingbirds, from Snow Geese to Brewer’s Blackbirds, each species makes unique use of the feather colors it possesses. What do the […]

Abbott’s Lagoon is a beautiful walk with chances for observing many land, marsh, and shorebird species as well as views of the ocean birds including possible scope views of Sooty Shearwaters. Each Fall, Abbott's Lagoon hosts a variety of shorebird species including Pectoral, Baird’s and Ruffs, Golden Plovers, Snowy Plovers as well as Longspurs and […]

This year's Banner Bodega Pelagic Trips: We have had good luck this season finding 6 Storm-Petrels, including Leach's and Tristram's, 6 Shearwaters including Manx, Short-tailed, and Flesh-footed. Skuas, Jaegers, Tufted Puffins, Fulmars and Sabine's Gulls have been appearing on most trips. Most recently, 3 Albatross including multiple Laysan and one Waved! The Waved is the […]