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Foca Común del Pacífico (Phoca vitulina ssp. richardii)Observ.
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Rumiantes (Suborden Ruminantia)Observ.
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Bone on the beach around low tide... Any ideas?
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At the risk of exposing myself as a complete moron, I'm not even sure if these are hydroids...
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Caracol Luna de Lewis (Neverita lewisii)Observ.
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Two together
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Tunicado Marino Asiático (Botrylloides violaceus)Observ.
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I'm not sure if my ID for this one is correct, so please don't 'agree' unless you're certain!
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Lobo Marino Californiano (Zalophus californianus)Observ.
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Wow, so I've realized my understanding that all sea lions leave the Puget Sound by about May 3rd or so is not correct. I went to the beach to catch the sunset yesterday evening, and as soon as I was in view of the water, I could see multiple groups of sea lions - at least one of which consisted of 8+ individuals (the biggest group I've seen travelling together) - heading South from Everett toward Mukilteo. I noted the presence of both species, but the pictures suck and the only distinguishing feature you can kind of see is the sagittal crest, so the observation is just for Zalophus. What I'm really curious about now is whether any sea lions (presumably individuals that are too young/small to defend a harem, so have virtually no prospect of breeding) actually stay here through the summer....
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While I'm not entirely sure about the jelly (two weeks ago, I would have said "Euphysa flammea" 100%; I recently realized there are a number of lookalikes!), the subject of this observation is the crustacean. There were a number of these in the plankton on this particular day, but all were grasping (feeding on?) other organisms/matter (jellies, bits of eelgrass, etc.) , making me think the crustacean itself is probably normally benthic/not free-swimming
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Sarsia tubulosaObserv.
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Was just reading something about different species of these guys the other day and saw a diagram of this individual. Gonna have to see if I can go back and find it.
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Gaviota de Bonaparte (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)Observ.
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Almost forgot about this encounter. Video footage (w/ vocalizations) here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clamfanger/47778261611/
