Yesterday we decided to go to Bodega Bay after fiddle lessons. It was a beautiful day at Bodega, clear and warm- quite unusual. There were big signs up in the town- Tippi Hedron coming in Sept. Do you remember the Hitchcock movie "The Birds"? It was filmed in Bodega. Tippi must be in her 80's by now since that movie came out in the 1960's. Now that movie made black birds out to be terrible or so I heard. I never saw the movie because I like BLACK birds. So much for Hitchcock and Tippi.
We had lunch at the Tides Restaurant and got to watch the sea lions feeding right outside the window. It was so much fun. The sea lion would dive and get a fish. Then up they would come and throw the fish up in the air and catch it to take a bite. Meanwhile the seagulls who are very canny indeed would dive at the fish just as it was being thrown into the air. It was quite wonderful to watch this sea theater right before our eyes.
After lunch we went up to Bodega Head. On the way up we saw a great number of white pelicans. They are so beautiful to watch when they are in the air. They look like great flying ships. It was low tide and they were congregating on the tidal flats. Birds of a feather truly do flock together. It was a beautiful day on Bodega Head and there were lots of people up there looking out to sea. As it turned out there was a pod of whales passing by the head at very close range. We saw at least 20 whales passing by 2 by 2. They were going north which is very odd at this time of year. I have never seen so many whales at close range along the California coast. Only in Baja California have I seen more whales at one time. It was a great spectacle of nature and we were very lucky to have the opportunity to see these wonderful creatures.
On the way home we saw a great flock of black birds flying over an open field and some were on the ground. There were at least 50 birds and they were RAVENS! It appeared to be a band of juveniles. Some were doing barrel rolls and others were flying all sorts of interesting ways. I loved it! It made the wonderful day complete!
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Nice on the sea life and the Ravens! I was able to watch a night Raven roost near where I lived once. After sunset and before dark every night, about 250 Ravens streamed in from all directions to roost on the power lines. what a cacophony! then after it was dark, not a peep - you'd never know a single bird was there. there MUST be a Raven roost somewhere in your area!
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