La Jolla Shore Walk

2013-09-16
Location: Rocky Shoreline from Coast Blvd Park to just past Scripps Park
Time: 1-3 PM
Purpose: Photograph Coastal Biodiversity
Sightings: Many Intertidal Invertebrates, Gulls, Sandpipers, Cormorants, Pelicans, Seals, Sea Lions. Also California Ground Squirrel above the tide line.

Posted on September 18, 2013 06:31 AM by durieudm durieudm

Observations

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California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Description

Emerging from a burrow

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Garden Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Description

A naturalized patch of Nasturtium near the shore.

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California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Description

Resting near the tide pools in La Jolla

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California Spiny Chiton (Nuttallina californica)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Rough Limpet (Lottia scabra)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Owl Limpet (Lottia gigantea)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Rough Limpet (Lottia scabra)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Fingered Limpet Complex (Complex Lottia digitalis)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Place

La Jolla (Google, OSM)

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Symmetrical Sessile Barnacles (Order Balanomorpha)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Scouler's Surfgrass (Phyllospadix scouleri)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Description

A sea grass that seems ubiquitous along the shore at La Jolla. I would appreciate any ID advice.

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Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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California Mussel (Mytilus californianus)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Sunburst Anemone (Anthopleura sola)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Description

Intertidal at La Jolla Tide Pools

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Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Description

Some form of algae growing submerged in a low tide pool at La Jolla.

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Gooseneck Barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Sunburst Anemone (Anthopleura sola)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Blueband Hermit Crab (Pagurus samuelis)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Place

La Jolla (Google, OSM)

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Place

La Jolla (Google, OSM)

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California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis ssp. californicus)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

Place

La Jolla (Google, OSM)

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Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Sunburst Anemone (Anthopleura sola)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

Observer

durieudm

Date

September 16, 2013

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