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- animal babies,
- animals,
- animals: birds,
- animals: crustaceans,
- animals: fish,
- animals: mollusks,
- animals: nudibranchs,
- animals: octopuses,
- animals: sea slugs,
- animals: snails,
- fun,
- humor,
- images,
- lj comm: randompictures,
- lj comm: splodefromcute,
- nature,
- san diego,
- science!,
- the ocean,
- utterly cute,
- weird sea creatures,
- wildlife
Between the land and the sea: a little Pacific tidepooling
1.
Point Lobos, California
Photo by Frank Fennema
2.
Aggregate anemones with black tegula snails, Southern California
Photo by Jody Diehl
Southern California’s Sea Anemones
3.
Sea anemones open underwater to feed, then close up when exposed to the air, as when the tide goes out. This one appears to be having it both ways.
Point Loma Tide Pools, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
Photo by Kevin Gong
Cabrillo National Monument, 29 February 2008
4.
Black oystercatcher, Cannon Beach, Oregon
Photo by Terry Sohl
5.
Blue-banded hermit crab
Photo by Linda Tanner
6.
Brown pelicans, La Jolla, California
Photo by Nancy Lee
7.
”Baby” bull kelp (yellow; the balls are floats), purple sea urchins, closed anemones, and other seaweeds, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
8.
Gooseneck barnacles, Point Loma Tide Pools, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
Photo by Kevin Gong
Cabrillo National Monument, 29 February 2008
9.
Gooseneck barnacles, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
10.
Keyhole limpet, purple urchins and a sea anemone, Montage Beach, Laguna Beach, California
Sea Creatures in Laguna
11.
Pink sponge and giant green anemones, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
12.
Octopus among mussels, marine snails and a sea anemone, Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California
Photo by Allison J. Gong
Timing is everything
13.
Mating pair of Spanish shawl nudibranchs, San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park
Photo by Dan Hershman
14.
California aglaja, a predatory sea slug, Bird Rock, La Jolla, California
Photo by John Albers-Mead
15.
Juvenile opaleye, San Luis Obispo, California
Photo by Andrew Harmer
16.
Pigeon guillemots, near Seal Rock State Natural Area, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
17.
Hopkin’s rose nudibranch, Pillar Point, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California
Pillar Point, CA – Intertidal Pools of Sea Life
18.
Spotted sandpiper, Point Loma Tide Pools, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
Brad & Lynn’s Field Photos
19.
Lined shore crab, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California
Photo by Brian Zeiler
20.
Red algae, green algae, marine snails and chitons in their holes, San Diego
Photo by Jon Sullivan
21.
California sea hare, Leo Carillo State Park, Malibu, California
Photo by Suzanne Guldimann
Winter Tides
22.
Purple urchins, sea anemones and sea stars, “Little Corona,” Corona Del Mar, California
7 Family-Friendly Orange County Tide Pools
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Point Lobos, California
Photo by Frank Fennema
2.
Aggregate anemones with black tegula snails, Southern California
Photo by Jody Diehl
Southern California’s Sea Anemones
3.
Sea anemones open underwater to feed, then close up when exposed to the air, as when the tide goes out. This one appears to be having it both ways.
Point Loma Tide Pools, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
Photo by Kevin Gong
Cabrillo National Monument, 29 February 2008
4.
Black oystercatcher, Cannon Beach, Oregon
Photo by Terry Sohl
5.
Blue-banded hermit crab
Photo by Linda Tanner
6.
Brown pelicans, La Jolla, California
Photo by Nancy Lee
7.
”Baby” bull kelp (yellow; the balls are floats), purple sea urchins, closed anemones, and other seaweeds, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
8.
Gooseneck barnacles, Point Loma Tide Pools, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
Photo by Kevin Gong
Cabrillo National Monument, 29 February 2008
9.
Gooseneck barnacles, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
10.
Keyhole limpet, purple urchins and a sea anemone, Montage Beach, Laguna Beach, California
Sea Creatures in Laguna
11.
Pink sponge and giant green anemones, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
12.
Octopus among mussels, marine snails and a sea anemone, Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California
Photo by Allison J. Gong
Timing is everything
13.
Mating pair of Spanish shawl nudibranchs, San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park
Photo by Dan Hershman
14.
California aglaja, a predatory sea slug, Bird Rock, La Jolla, California
Photo by John Albers-Mead
15.
Juvenile opaleye, San Luis Obispo, California
Photo by Andrew Harmer
16.
Pigeon guillemots, near Seal Rock State Natural Area, Oregon
Photo from Oregon State Parks Flickr
17.
Hopkin’s rose nudibranch, Pillar Point, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California
Pillar Point, CA – Intertidal Pools of Sea Life
18.
Spotted sandpiper, Point Loma Tide Pools, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
Brad & Lynn’s Field Photos
19.
Lined shore crab, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California
Photo by Brian Zeiler
20.
Red algae, green algae, marine snails and chitons in their holes, San Diego
Photo by Jon Sullivan
21.
California sea hare, Leo Carillo State Park, Malibu, California
Photo by Suzanne Guldimann
Winter Tides
22.
Purple urchins, sea anemones and sea stars, “Little Corona,” Corona Del Mar, California
7 Family-Friendly Orange County Tide Pools
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The sandpiper is such a beeeeautiful bird.
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