May 17, 2018
Blue buoys, Dosima fascicularis, on a spent by-the-wind sailor
Lone by-the-wind sailor
Too much of this
Mix of fresh and bleached Velella velella
Freshly arrived carboy inhabited by lots of distressed pelagic barnacles
California mussel, Mytilus californianus
Drifted Fucus
I’ve always called these tellins, but I’m not positive
There’s a seascape out there
Dungeness pinching claw
April 20, 2018
Bull-kelp nori, Pyropia, on a drifted bull-kelp stipe
Drift bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana
Drift line dominated by the partially bleached remains of drifted Velella velella
Lugged float
Northern fulmar
Drifted bull-kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana
Delicate red epiphyte on bull-kelp stipes
Almost washed away in the swash
Regugitated capitulum, Pollicipes polymerus | Gulls eat these and barf up the shells
This trap won’t fish
Rough keyhole limpet, Diodora aspera | just the shell, now go find a live one on the rocks!
What’s out of place here?
Olivella’s a show off
April 19, 2018
Carpet of drifted Velella velella
Ends a long float up in the cobbles on a bed of Velella
Shearwater?
Remains from a regurgitated gull pellet: plates from the capitulum, Pollicipes polymerus, goose-neck barnacle
More common in the drift line than you might think
Got the hitchhikers to prove it’s been afloat awhile
February 10, 2018
High tide’s all about the cobbles and an early morning glow
Bait jar
Strap kelp, Lessoniopsis littoralis, some people call it tree kelp
Fresh morning dog tracks
I wonder if this might be bush seaweed, Scinaia confusa, just a guess
Feather boa, Egregia menziesii
When life gives you cobbles…
Sunset brings a falling tide and a glow
Waiting for a green flash
A sunset low tide reveals a sandy beach
January 3, 2018
Anticipation
Sea oats, Nucella eggs, Emerita fragment (lower right)
Couple conifers
Three ecosystems represented: forest (Sitka spruce), estuary (eelgrass), open ocean (pyrosome)
Meant to be firewood; what now?
Probably Corbicula fluminea, a freshwater or brackish clam | a drifted shell from a nearby river?
Fat gaper, Tresus capax
Razor clam, Siliqua patula
The swash rushes out
Dungeness, Metacarcinus magister
Drifted bamboo
Drifter
Delicate blades of a red epiphyte on a bull kelp stipe | Perhaps Pyropia nereocystis?
Your guess is as good as mine
