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This is a large bay with a
breakwater and a narrow channel which leads to the marina and small
craft harbour. The whole area is a national marine park and bird sanctuary,
home to gigantic White Pelicans, American Coots, Long Billed Curlews and
many different species of Heron and birds of prey. We were
sheltered here from a few stormy days, giving amazing cloud formations,
like this enormous thunder head that Greg captured. |
| Here you can see the outer bay and
the narrow channel through the flats. This photo is taken from the
Bodega Head trail which takes you high into the hills and across the
sand dunes. The beach in the distance is Doran beach which has
interesting wetlands close by. The town of Bodega bay is where Alfred
Hitchcock filmed 'The Birds" and we were lucky enough to meet Joe
who lived in the bay and drove us to the nearby town to see the chapel
and school-house featured in the movie. We are always grateful to
local residents like Joe who befriend us and drive us around to
provision and sight-see! |
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The bodega head trail provides
incredible cliff views and vistas of colorful ice plants creating a
picture postcard view. Along the trail we saw plenty of deer and 2
large skunk, as well as many different species of birds. The trail
took you to the very top of this hill and back down the other side to
the sand dunes. |
| The golden grasses of the dunes
shimmered in the low afternoon sun and were simply beautiful to walk
through. Here we spotted the remains of a kill where the turkey
vultures had cleaned up after a cougar. |
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The dunes here are covered in
chest-height golden grasses and really are as beautiful as this photo
shows. This part of the Bodega Head trial is a wild vastness
of panoramic views. |
| This shows the hills in the
background which we descended to complete the circular trail of around
8km. This is one of the most beautiful trials we have walked on
the Pacific coast with the contrast of high cliff views of the coastline
down to the vast sand flats. |
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