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What

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 15, 2024 11:46 AM PDT

Description

I rarely see Ring-billed Gulls, so it was a surprise to spot one in this park.

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What

Olympic Gull (Larus glaucescens × occidentalis)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 11:28 AM PDT

Description

An immature Olympic Gull attempted to swallow a large flat fish, maybe a Starry Flounder?

Photos / Sounds

What

Starry Flounder (Platichthys stellatus)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 11:28 AM PDT

Description

An immature Olympic Gull attempted to swallow a large flat fish, maybe a Starry Flounder?

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What

Great Sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 11:32 AM PDT

Description

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.

Photos / Sounds

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 11:39 AM PDT

Description

An empty shell of a Calyptraea fastigiata (Cup-and-Saucer Snail), only the second one I've ever found.

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What

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 02:22 PM PDT

Description

Collinsia parviflora (Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary), one of the first signs of spring at Ft. Worden.

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What

Mottled Star (Evasterias troschelii)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 02:13 PM PDT

Description

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.

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What

Ornate Tubeworm (Diopatra ornata)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 11:51 AM PDT

Description

Dozens of Diopatra ornata (Ornate Tubeworm) washed up on the beach, and others still lived in the low intertidal. Photos are of six or seven individuals, including one quite dried out. I don't remember ever seeing them along this stretch of the beach, though they have been along Kinzie Beach (and lots at Cape George).

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What

Pale Springbeauty (Claytonia exigua)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 02:32 PM PDT

Description

I think these tiny white flowers blooming on the dunes may be a Claytonia species?

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What

Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 02:30 PM PDT

Description

A sole, dark bee, lay on the dunes, then flew off. A few flowers are now blooming in the dunes. A Mining Bee?

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What

Green Falsejingle (Pododesmus macrochisma)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 03:36 PM PDT

Description

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

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What

Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 03:32 PM PDT

Description

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

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What

Stalked Kelp (Pterygophora californica)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 03:43 PM PDT

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Northwest Ugly Clam (Entodesma navicula)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 14, 2024 03:37 PM PDT

Description

I think this is an Entodesma navicula (Northwest Ugly Clam), only the second one I've ever found.

Photos / Sounds

What

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 02:07 PM PDT

Description

A cheeky Golden-crowned Kinglet joined a mixed flock in a Doug Fir.

Photos / Sounds

What

Olympic Gull (Larus glaucescens × occidentalis)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 01:08 PM PDT

Description

An Olympic Gull is eating a live juvenile Dungeness Crab.

Photos / Sounds

What

Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 01:56 PM PDT

Description

The first Townsend's Warbler I've seen this year.

Photos / Sounds

What

Rockweed Isopod (Pentidotea wosnesenskii)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 01:40 PM PDT

Description

I turned over a rock during the low tide and found dozens of Idotea wosnesenskii (Rockweed Isopod).

Photos / Sounds

What

Striped Dogwinkle (Nucella ostrina)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 01:36 PM PDT

Description

Lots of Nucella ostrina (Northern Striped Dogwinkle) gathered during the low tide. I was surprised as I've never seen so many in one place before. The Frilled Dogwinkle is much more common on local beaches.

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Photos / Sounds

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 01:13 PM PDT

Description

This Cockle looks different from the familiar Nuttall's Cockle.

Photos / Sounds

What

Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 01:08 PM PDT

Description

A live juvenile Dungeness Crab is being eaten by an Olympic Gull.

Photos / Sounds

What

Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 12:59 PM PDT

Description

A Rock Pigeon enjoyed a rain puddle.

Photos / Sounds

What

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 12:46 PM PDT

Description

An adult Surf Scoter swam and dived with a younger male Surf Scoter near the pier.

Photos / Sounds

What

Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 12:42 PM PDT

Description

About 20 Pigeon Guillemots swam and dived near the pier, with many chattering and some chasing each other dramatically! A few were not in breeding plumage-- too young?

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 12, 2024 12:41 PM PDT

Description

A sole Common Loon dived near the pier.

Photos / Sounds

What

Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 11, 2024 12:36 PM PDT

Description

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.

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What

Mossy Chiton (Mopalia muscosa)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 11, 2024 12:24 PM PDT

Description

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

Photos / Sounds

What

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 11, 2024 12:11 PM PDT

Description

Two Western Meadowlarks were foraging near a pair of Killdeer, then flew off separately. This is one seated on a yellow bush lupine.

Photos / Sounds

What

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 11, 2024 11:57 AM PDT

Description

Only three Red-breasted Mergansers were bobbing and diving in the rough sea.

Photos / Sounds

What

Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)

Observer

wendy5

Date

March 11, 2024 11:43 AM PDT

Description

About 35 Short-billed Gulls were flying low over the waves and pecking at the sand as the waves churned up bits of food, maybe tiny invertebrates. This is the first time I've noticed a red orbital ring around the eye.

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