Wrackline 2017 – theoutershores

September 10, 2017

float and blades on sand

Drift bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Jelly fragments (sea nettle), feathers, surfgrass, Focus, Ulva, mole crab molts

Drift line detail

on sand, along with some feathers, a piece of green algae, and a mole crab molt

Drift sea gooseberries, Pleurobrachia bachei; ‘course they’re always adrift

It's a complete bell I think but folded upon itself, on the sand

Crystal jelly, Aequorea

lots of workings in the sand all around the outlines of a drifted frond of feather boa

Beach hoppers love a drift feather boa

on sand; the gulls haven't found it yet

A fresh Postelsia holdfast full of mussels; the gulls will feast

on sand

Fresh feather boa, Egregia menziesii

just a seascape with blue sky, some mist, mountains reflected in the mirror, and swash

Morning stroll in the swash

on the sand

Drift Fucus with sides of surfgrass and eelgrass

I'm not going to argue

I’m not going to argue

morning sunshine streaming through the trees above

Look up, from the tide pools to the forest above

Live olive green hopper on sand

Beach hopper

bunch of periwinkles moving over moist sand

Periwinkles, Littorina, out and about

July 24, 2017

Lost crab buoy on sand at low tide, cloudy skies

Lost buoy #353

a drift bull kelp stipe in the drift line

Delicate red epiphyte on a bull kelp stipe

Drift line dominated by Emerita and barnacle remains

Drift line dominated by Emerita and barnacle remains

Snails moving around on the sand at dawn

Purple olive, Olivella biplicata

dungeness crab exposed on the sand at low tide

Metacarcinus magister, always feisty

complete with holdfast

Laminaria sinclairii; red epiphytes on the tips

Kelp crab on sand

Pugettia producta, out of place

Dungeness carapace

Dungeness carapace

Old carcass, partially covered in sand

Common murre

Carcass

Cormorant

plastic carboy impaled on a root wad; sea stacks in the background

Beached drifters

July 22, 2017

Drift bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Drift bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Drift Macrocystis

Drift Macrocystis

Inscrutable Olivella biplicata

Inscrutable Olivella biplicata

Hemigrapsus nudus, wandering out on the sand

Hemigrapsus nudus, wandering out on the sand

Gulls usually find these before I do

Gulls usually find these before I do

Drift surfgrass, Phyllospadix

Drift surfgrass, Phyllospadix

May 28, 2017

White NRS whitewater paddling helmet in the drift line

Whitewater helmet

Sitka spruce needless in the drift line; ruler for scale

Drift line dominated by spruce needles

Sand dollar, trying to bury itself, leaving tracks in the sand

Caught in the act

couple strands of Phyllospadix in the drift line

Surfgrass, Phyllospadix

Freshly arrived drift log with big horizontal branches of the main trunk

New arrival

abundant working in the sand

Juvenile Emerita workings

Nautical mat

Nautical mat

Dead R. antennarium, upside down showing the red-spotted underside

Spot-bellied rock crab, Romaleon antennarium

Show from a buried sand dollar

Ever seen a sand dollar show?

May 1, 2017

Drift line loaded with Velella

Drift line loaded with Velella

Macrocystis pyrifera, some Velella too

Macrocystis pyrifera, some Velella too

Lost flower in the drift line

Bouquet remnant

Want a fork for that Velella salad?

Want a fork for that Velella salad?

Sturdy cairn, nine cobbles high, what's your best?

Sturdy cairn, nine cobbles high, what’s your best?

Crow flying off with a Dungeness crab leg inn it's bill

Departing with a Dungeness scrap

Long exposed rock covered with green algae

Low tide landmark

Large log fell onto the beach from the forest above

Tumbled from the forest above

Drift fragment on sand

Feather boa kelp, Egregia menziesii

drift fragment on sand

Sargassum, Sargassum muticum

Delicate epiphytes on a bull kelp stipe

Delicate epiphytes on a bull kelp stipe

shell on sand

Rough keyhole limpet, Diodora aspera

Fish tub

Fish tub

Terrestrial beetles sometimes end up in the drift line (Dictyoptera?)

Terrestrial beetles sometimes end up in the drift line (Dictyoptera?)

April 30, 2017

A squiggly drift line of Velella and Pacific mole crabs molts in the sand

A Velella and Emerita drift line

small fragment of drift bladder chain on sand

Bladder chain, Stephanocystis osmundacea; a little far from it’s Oregon strongholds, I wonder how far this tattered piece has drifted

Lot of Velella in the drift line; Lion Rock in the background

Velella garden

Newly beached Velella velella

Newly beached Velella velella

Piece of drift bladder chain on the sand, sea stack in the background

This bladder chain, Stephanocystis osmundacea, a little worse for wear, still looks good in the morning light

Velella, stranded

Velella, stranded

Bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Feather boa kelp, Egregia menziesii

Feather boa kelp, Egregia menziesii

March 18, 2017

Big lone drift log on a deserted beach, fog in the distance

intimate view of feather, pyrosome, eel grass, dead terrestrial plant material

Drift line detail

cracked carapace on sand

Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister carapace

Carapace on sand

Red rock crab, Cancer productus, nice shell barnacle too

Intimate view of the pinching claw laying on a drift log

Pinching claw, Dungeness crab

Blue ear tag on drift line sand

Ear tag

Mussel shell (outer surface) in beach sand

California mussel, Mytilus californianus

Mass of drift bull kelp on a deserted sand beach; surf and gray skies in the background

Drift bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Rubber tire from a cart or toy tractor

root end of a large drift log on deserted beach

large drifted root wad on the beach

Encrusted with pelagic barnacles

Intimate view, dead barnacles hanging down.

Detail, pelagic goose barnacles, Lepas anatifera, on a drift log

upper surface on sand

Shell, rough keyhole limpet, Diodora aspera

rock with holes on beach sand

How did this made it onto the beach?

laying open on beach sand

Inside surface, razor clam, Siliqua patula

on beach sand, prominent chondrophore

Inside surface, fat gaper, Tresus capax

Driftwood fort, logs old tire, drift algae - foredune in the background

Drifted shell in shallow water on sand

Rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea – outer surface

Drifted shell in shallow water, on sand

Rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea – inner surface

large rock jutting out of the sand with sea stacks in the background

Silvery chum parr

Consensus, chum parr, tossed ashore in the surf

Stranded on wet sand

Pyrosome

February 20, 2017

Remaines of purple-striped jelly washed up on the beach

Purple-striped jelly, Chrysaora colorata; uncommon on northern Oregon beaches

Good sized ling cod egg mass, pretty sure

Good sized ling cod egg mass, pretty sure

The wad

The wad

Pesky headland

Pesky headland

Sea oats, probably, Nucella lamellosa eggs

Sea oats, probably, Nucella lamellosa eggs

Pyrosome, worse for wear

Pyrosome, worse for wear

Plastic in the drift line

Plastic in the drift line

In the swash

In the swash

A rainbow of marine debris; anybody know what that red hook is?

A rainbow of marine debris; anybody know what that red hook is?

February 19, 2017 – Some days are too windy for beach combing.

February 11, 2017

Rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea, top view

Rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea, top view

A feathery red algae and pelagic goose barnacles hitch a ride on an ocean drifter

A feathery red algae and pelagic goose barnacles hitch a ride on an ocean drifter

If you know what this is, drop me a line

If you know what this is, drop me a line

Crab buoys

Crab buoys

Bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana

Lots of plastic and terrestrial material in the drift line

Lots of plastic and terrestrial material in the drift line

I don't need to tell you who's tracks these are...Emerita analoga

I don’t need to tell you who’s tracks these are…Emerita analoga

Patterns in the sand

Patterns in the sand

Pyrosome, lots of baby Velella velella

Pyrosome, lots of baby Velella velella

lost gear

lost gear

The lead line

The lead line

glow stick

glow stick

Rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea, a view of the underside

Rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea, a view of the underside

From the port side

From the port side

The wad, shotgun shell

The wad, shotgun shell

Rough keyhole limpet Diodora aspera

Rough keyhole limpet Diodora aspera

Spin-N-Glow, winged drift bobber

Spin-N-Glow, winged drift bobber

February 10, 2017

Sea foam, a product of phytoplankton breakdown

Sea foam, a product of phytoplankton breakdown

Freshwater bobber

Freshwater bobber

Plastic lighter

Plastic lighter

The wad, shotgun shell component

The wad, shotgun shell component

Large buoy at the base of the foredune

Large buoy at the base of the foredune

Lone elk tracks

Lone elk tracks

Symmety

Symmety

There will be no simple walk on the beach today

There will be no simple walk on the beach today

Tide line mostly terrestrial material and cellophane tube worm, Spichaetopterus costarum, casings

Tide line mostly terrestrial material and cellophane tube worm, Spichaetopterus costarum, casings

Wrack line loaded up with big wood

Wrack line loaded up with big wood

High tides and big surf mobilize drift logs

High tides and big surf mobilize drift logs

Beach grass, Ammophila on the foredune

Beach grass, Ammophila on the foredune

Crab buoy #47823

Crab buoy #47823

Hagfish trap funnel

Hagfish trap funnel

Bait jar lid - hey, that's a full can of beer!

Bait jar lid – hey, that’s a full can of beer!

This fort's glory days are in the past

This fort’s glory days are in the past

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