10 Fascinating Facts About The Birds
AN AVIAN HOSPITAL WAS BUILT ON THE SET. Through a meticulous positive reinforcement process, animal handler Ray Berwick trained hundreds of live birds for use in Hitchcock’s movie. Most of these were wild-caught crows, ravens, seagulls, and sparrows. Berwick oversaw...
Chowder Day – January 27, 2018
The 15th Annual Chowder Day in Bodega Bay will once again take you on a culinary tour of town. You'll spend the day tasting chowder and meeting chefs. Visit all the stops and you're eligible for an entry in a prize drawing! Trust us, you won't leave Bodega Bay hungry!...
Abalone diving banned next year to protect population on brink of collapse
Sport abalone diving in Northern California, a tradition going back generations, will not be allowed next year in the region because biologists say the state’s population is on the brink of collapse. Thursday’s decision came at a meeting of the California Fish and...
Dungeness crab season opens for sport fishermen
The start of the recreational Dungeness crab season in California marks one of the busiest sport fishing days of the year in Bodega Bay, where campgrounds are full and people from all over California jostle for position at boat launches. “People get crab fever,” said...
Kayak fishing has strong following among Sonoma Coast anglers
Paddling from Ocean Cove on the Sonoma Coast north of Jenner, the kayak pulled a lure through the murky green water in hopes a Chinook salmon running to its natal stream would first latch onto the steel morsel. Out of the cove, about a mile to the northwest, the...
