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Trip Mode - Bodega Update - Morning Field Actions
TRIP MODE · BODEGA BAY · APRIL 23–26, 2026
Sonoma Coast · 4-day field brief
Today is Friday - We arrived Thursday mid day and missed the Morning Field Action so I am going to attempt to get both of these in today. Bodega Head Loop Trail is a 10-15 min. E-bike (RadRover St) ride from the Porto Bodega RV park, we only booked here with friends to celebrate a birthday but there are plenty of less expensive options if you are up to camping or dry camping.
The FFN Planning Guide protocol produced a complete 4 day list of morning and evening opportunities to capture different experiences during our stay. You can read the beginning stages below: The report includes ecological, flora, astrology nodes, sunset and sunset info.
The Kortum Trail North is approximately a 35 minute bike ride or 6.5 miles on HWY 1 North from the rv park to the trail head so we'll see if I make that ride today or maybe we can get someone in the group to drive up?
I am documenting not only for the experiences but also to validate or debunk my Ai protocols as to it's accuracy. When I subjectively fact checked the information it comes up as highly accurate...
I did not map these locations prior to our trip but attached you will see bike mapping, keep in mind the maps do not take into account e-bike.
ECOLOGICAL HEADLINE
Late April on the Sonoma Coast is a convergence window. Pacific gray whale northward migration is winding down — stragglers and mother-calf pairs push through the corridor just offshore into late April, and Bodega Head gives you an unobstructed sightline into that lane. Simultaneously, the coastal scrub is mid-bloom: sticky monkey flower, lizardtail, and coastal bush lupine are peaking on the headlands. Shorebird staging is active — the mudflats at Bodega Harbor pull in whimbrel and dunlin moving north. The ocean upwelling cycle is strengthening this time of year, which is why you'll see more bird activity over the water than you expect. This is not a quiet week on the coast.
Moon phase late April 2026: waning gibbous moving toward last quarter — still significant light early in the window, darkening by the 25th–26th. Front-load any dark-sky work toward the end of the trip.
MORNING FIELD ACTIONS
Thursday April 24 — Bodega Head Loop
Out from the Bodega Head parking area, full headland circuit. The western bluff edge is your whale watch position — spend your deliberate stop there facing northwest.
≈ 4,500–5,000 steps · ≈ 2.5 mi · allow your full 60-minute window.
Friday April 25 — Kortum Trail North
Pick up the Kortum Trail from Salmon Creek Beach northward along the bluff. The trail runs open coastal terrace — no tree cover, full exposure to the marine layer burn-off if it happens. Turn at your time limit.
≈ 4,500–5,000 steps · ≈ 2.5 mi · 60-minute window, out-and-back.
Saturday April 26 — Doran Regional Park Beach Walk + Spit
Walk the Doran Spit toward the harbor mouth. Shorebird activity concentrates near the harbor entrance on outgoing tide — check tide tables before you go and time arrival for ebb.
≈ 4,500–5,000 steps · ≈ 2.5 mi · 60-minute window, linear
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Trip Mode - Bodega Update - Morning Field Actions
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