Places I'm Visiting: Bodega Bay

I was out at Bodega Bay recently for a dinner at Terrapin Creek Café. Yes, I took my camera. Yes, I took pictures of birds. Nothing unusual was flying around, but I got some good shots of Western Gulls in flight – and the food was excellent.

The Western Gulls present were in at least three different plumages. Some were fully adult birds, and some were already nesting on the rocks off Bodega Head. Some were nearly fully adult, with no white in the primary flight feathers and with black dots on the bill, which I usually associate with California Gulls, but apparently any Gull with a red spot on the bill as an adult may have a remnant of the dark, immature bill color remaining for some time. 

We watched the sun go down over the Pacific. There was a small crowd at Bodega Head doing the same.