Mussels on big King Tide woodSurfed in on the last high tideNorthern fulmarSmall lugged floatSan Pellegrino temporarily at restFat gaper Tresus capaxToo commonMixed wood in the wrack lineBalancing actMissing this?Salmon: care to guess species?Red phalaropeSize 6High tide tossed up a drifting hard hatSalp Thetys vagina***
December 6, 2012
Bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeanaNorthern fulmarLook at all those gull tracksLost painter’s shoe***
November 26, 2012
Surf grass and sea palm Postelsia palmaeformis***
October 18, 2012
FetchNikeWestern grebe***
October 14, 2012
Strong south wind blows the drift line cleanCalifornia mussel Mytilus californianusGulls hunker down; face into a stiff south wind***
October 6, 2012
Harbor seal; scavenger tracks***
August 19, 2012
Fish crateDrift Turkish towel, sea lettuce, and a little kelpPigeon guillemot, adultSoft lure***
August 5, 2012
Rough keyhole limpet Diadora aspera***
July 5, 2012
Common murre; gulls go for the breast meat first***
June 15, 2012
Pisaster ochraceus; a little eelgrass***
June 3, 2012
Sand dollar Dendraster excentricus***
May 5, 2012
Big styrofoam float’s been at sea a while A new arrivalFloat shapes indicate functionHitchhikersQuiz: local or international?Small 2-lugged trawl floatSmall lugged float with kanjiUp in the wrack line, a perch for my gearA long way from homeNo nectar, no messageCommon 2-lugged floatAn uncommon float color on my home beachesLugs on opposite endsFishes well down to 80 meters?
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