Among the burnt chamise there were these patches lighter ash, almost all of which had some bones in them, bones of various sizes and apparently belonging to different species. We were speculating that the white ash was due to organic material in some kind of animal dwelling, but if that were the case, these animals were everywhere. This skull seems to big for a vole, so maybe gopher?

The sea spider Pycnogonum stearnsi feeding on a very small brooding anemone while clutching the nudibranch Aegires albopunctatus. I don't think this sea spider regularly attacks nudibranchs, so I think it was just looking for something to hold on to.