Bodega Bay, California

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census-designated place unincorporated community

Bodega Bay, California is a small coastal town in Sonoma County best known as the primary filming location and story setting of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film "The Birds."

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bodega Bay, California canonical	13
Bodega Bay (distant views)	2
Bodega Bay (body of water)	1
Bodega Bay region	1
California coastal town of Antonio Bay	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3884224 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bodega Bay, California
Context triple: [The Birds, setting, Bodega Bay, California]

A. Bolinas
Bolinas is a small, unincorporated coastal community in Northern California known for its secluded beaches, artistic residents, and long-standing resistance to tourism and development.
B. Morro Bay
Morro Bay is a small coastal city in San Luis Obispo County, California, known for its natural harbor, fishing industry, and the prominent volcanic plug Morro Rock at its entrance.
C. Bay Point, California
Bay Point, California is an unincorporated suburban community in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.
D. Carnelian Bay, California
Carnelian Bay, California is a small lakeside community on the north shore of Lake Tahoe known for its scenic waterfront, outdoor recreation, and relaxed mountain-town atmosphere.
E. Shelter Cove, California
Shelter Cove, California is a remote coastal community on California’s Lost Coast known for its rugged scenery, black sand beaches, and access to outdoor recreation in the surrounding King Range.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bodega Bay, California
Target entity description: Bodega Bay, California is a small coastal town in Sonoma County best known as the primary filming location and story setting of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film "The Birds."

A. Bolinas
Bolinas is a small, unincorporated coastal community in Northern California known for its secluded beaches, artistic residents, and long-standing resistance to tourism and development.
B. Morro Bay
Morro Bay is a small coastal city in San Luis Obispo County, California, known for its natural harbor, fishing industry, and the prominent volcanic plug Morro Rock at its entrance.
C. Bay Point, California
Bay Point, California is an unincorporated suburban community in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.
D. Carnelian Bay, California
Carnelian Bay, California is a small lakeside community on the north shore of Lake Tahoe known for its scenic waterfront, outdoor recreation, and relaxed mountain-town atmosphere.
E. Shelter Cove, California
Shelter Cove, California is a remote coastal community on California’s Lost Coast known for its rugged scenery, black sand beaches, and access to outdoor recreation in the surrounding King Range.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
accessibleVia	California State Route 1 ⓘ
areaCode	707 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Sonoma County, California ⓘ
governingBody	Sonoma County government ⓘ linked to: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
hasActivity	birdwatching ⓘ hiking ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ whale watching ⓘ
hasClimate	cool-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	hospitality industry ⓘ seafood restaurants ⓘ
hasFeature	Bodega Harbor ⓘ Bodega Head ⓘ Doran Regional Park ⓘ Sonoma Coast State Park (nearby) ⓘ linked to: Sonoma Coast State Park
hasHarbor	Bodega Bay harbor ⓘ linked to: Bodega Harbor
hasNearbyProtectedArea	Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (offshore waters) ⓘ linked to: Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
hasPort	small fishing port ⓘ
hasReputation	foggy coastal weather ⓘ scenic ocean views ⓘ
knownFor	primary filming location of the film "The Birds" ⓘ story setting of the film "The Birds" ⓘ
locatedIn	North Coast of California ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	San Francisco Bay Area (outer North Bay region) ⓘ linked to: East Bay
locatedNorthOf	San Francisco, California ⓘ linked to: San Francisco
locatedOn	Bodega Bay (body of water) ⓘ linked to: Bodega Bay, California Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near	Bodega, California ⓘ Jenner, California ⓘ Occidental, California ⓘ
notableDirectorAssociated	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
notableWorkFilmedHere	"The Birds" ⓘ linked to: The Birds
partOf	Sonoma Coast ⓘ linked to: Sonoma Coast AVA
postalCode	94923 ⓘ
primaryIndustry	commercial fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
region	Northern California ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
touristAttractionType	coastal destination ⓘ film tourism destination ⓘ
usedAs	setting for coastal town in "The Birds" ⓘ linked to: The Birds

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Birds → setting → Bodega Bay, California ⓘ

The Birds → filmingLocation → Bodega Bay, California ⓘ

The Fog → filmingLocation → Bodega Bay, California ⓘ

Tomales Point → hasViewOf → Bodega Bay (distant views) ⓘ