Stories at the Seashore
From tiny mushrooms to the grand starry sky—presenting the stories of Point Reyes National Seashore.
September-October 2026 Monthly Marvels: Spooky Season in the Salt Marsh, Bioluminescence, & Migrating Raptors
This September and October, Point Reyes’ daytime skies are filled with migrating raptors on their long journey southwards towards warmer wintering grounds. At nighttime, Tomales Bay is aglow with the light of billions of bioluminescent organisms—glittering night lights. Salt marsh dodder is out for spooky season in its full bright-orange, silly-string splendor, and coyote brush’s magical cloud-like seeds catch the autumn wind. And of course, one mustn’t forget the majestic tule elk’s bugle echoing across the water and land. There is so much magic in the air…what marvels will you find at the Seashore?
Where Two Floras Meet: Point Reyes Through Plant Pigments Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium
From Dickinson’s herbarium cased in green cloth to a tiny purple flower blooming in Point Reyes’ dunes, the touch of…
Mapping the Purple: Participatory Science to Support the Endangered Myrtle’s Silverspot Butterfly
Earlier this year, volunteers came together to map the range and density of Western dog violet—the sole host plant for…
|Stories of a Skull: The Gray Whale at the Point Reyes Lighthouse
At the Point Reyes Lighthouse, you’ll spot a gray whale’s stately skull overlooking the sweeping Pacific Ocean. Hundreds of thousands…
Artist Spotlight: Watercoloring the Seashore with Michael J. Dambrowski
Michael’s love for art was initially sparked by a high school art class, and he continued on to a successful…
July-August 2026 Monthly Marvels: Ripe Blackberries, Burrowing Sand Wasps, & Fogust
Summer brings an abundance of wonderment at the Seashore, from juicy, ripe blackberries along Estero Trail to sand wasps excavating…
The Power to Protect: Inspiring Conservation Through Photography
It started with a superbloom. In 1992, Rob Badger was invited to make the trek from his home in the…
