Identificaciones de bluediver

A Common Loon in breeding plumage showing its teal neck band.

A Pholis ornata (Saddleback Gunnel) that we found in one of the traps set out to capture invasive European Green Crabs.

A Pagurus hirsutiusculus (Hairy Hermit Crab) in a typically small shell; we found it in one of the traps set out to capture invasive European Green Crabs. We rarely have hermit crabs in our traps.

A sole male Mallard was foraging in the small waves and brought up sea lettuce and a small invertebrate.

Over 275 Black Brant were gathered near Pt. Hudson, mostly foraging in the water and on the distant sand bar during the low tide.

The gorget of the male Rufous Hummingbird reflects light and instantly changes colors. It sometimes looks like you could peel it off.

I'm looking closely at the gorgets of female Rufous Hummingbirds to try to see if they are the same individuals as last year. These photos are of one individual.

Half of a Pododesmus macrochisma (Green false-jingle) washed up on the beach.

Pterygophora californica (Old Growth Kelp) with a twisted stipe. Lots were washed ashore, high on the beach.

The head of a very large Leptocottus armatus (Staghorn Sculpin) washed ashore. It's one of two fish heads I found on the beach that day.

It's unusual to find an Evasterias troschelii (Mottled Star). This large, healthy star was washed ashore. I helped toss it gently into the sea to avoid having gulls eat it.

A large fish head (one of two large heads I found today-- from people cleaning their catch and tossing the heads overboard?

A Coccinella septempunctata (Seven-spotted Lady Beetle). Location by the former Lake Aldwell is approximate.

Four Canada Geese explored an island in the Elwha River where the former Lake Aldwell was prior to dam removal. Location by the former Lake Aldwell is approximate.

A Douglas Squirrel was eating a Douglas Fir cone (second photo), then stood looking at me, then dashed off.

A Mopalia muscosa (Mossy Chiton) found the way I often see them, hollowed out and eaten, maybe by a gull, oystercatcher, or crow.

Pieces of a Metacarcinus magister (Dungeness Crab) that had been torn apart. No smell, so maybe a molt, or maybe eaten by birds before separating the legs.

We didn't see any beavers, but here are two beaver lodges in the beaver pond. Second photo shows a tree in the back chewed by beavers.

A Bald Eagle flies against the backdrop of the recent snow in the mountains, then lands on its favorite day marker.

The molt of a juvenile Metacarcinus gracilis (Graceful Crab) with a mottled carapace, about 1" across.

Sargassum muticum (Wireweed) washed ashore.

The first photo shows a common view of an American River Otter.

A Douglas Squirrel eating dried blackberries. Location is not exact in the Hansville Greenway loop.

Black Oystercatcher eating an Anthopleura elegantissima (Aggregating Anemone), although there are plenty of limpets and mussels on these rocks.

About 140 Black Brant flew to and from the end of the spit, swimming beside it and foraging for sea lettuce and eelgrass in shallow water and on the rocks.

Two of 13 Northern Shovelers on the shore of the lagoon, or swimming in it.

Three female Common Goldeneyes were swimming and diving near the pier, not together.