North Coast · CA
Bodega Bay
A Russian port, then Hitchcock's town for The Birds.
- Population
- 912 (2020 census)
- Russian port
- 1809
- The Birds
- 1963
Then
- 1809
Ivan Kuskov of the Russian-American Company puts up the first Russian buildings in California, at Port Rumyantsev.
- 1963
Most of Hitchcock's The Birds is filmed here and in nearby Bodega.
- 1960s
Protests and a fault stop PG&E's nuclear plant on Bodega Head, leaving the "Hole in the Head."
Now
The University of California runs a marine lab here. The town is named for Spanish explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.