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The bay is protected on its north end from the Pacific by Bodega Head, which shelters the small Bodega Harbor, separated from the main bay a small spit of land. The village of Bodega Bay sits on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor. The bay connects on its south end to Tomales Bay.

The bay was the site of Russian fur trading post established in 1811 and was active harbor until the 1870s. Bodega Bay was also the setting of the Alfred HitchcockSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE ( 13 August 1899 29 April, 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre. Influenced by expressionism in Germany, he began directing in England, and worked in the United States from 1939. film, The BirdsThe Birds ( 1963) is a horror film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a short story by Daphne Du Maurier, who also wrote the novel Hitchcock's film Rebecca was based on. The film stars Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette and Rod Taylor. The screenplay was written.