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Dead Man's Fingers (Codium fragile)

Observer

ktnoon

Date

February 24, 2024 02:43 PM PST

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Topsmelt Silverside (Atherinops affinis)

Observer

adrained

Date

October 28, 2023 10:19 PM PDT

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Silversides (Order Atheriniformes)

Observer

peggydaly

Date

October 12, 2023 11:45 AM PDT

Description

The mass of fish in lake Merritt!!

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Bat Ray (Myliobatis californica)

Observer

rauzon

Date

August 24, 2023 12:19 PM PDT

Description

Healthy Bat Rays (2) with out-going tide, clear water

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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Observer

kerstinfirmin

Date

June 4, 2023 07:38 AM PDT

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Bat Ray (Myliobatis californica)

Observer

adrained

Date

May 18, 2023 10:11 AM PDT

Description

Medium sized

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Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans)

Observer

adrained

Date

January 27, 2023 07:58 AM PST

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Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Observer

damontighe

Date

December 19, 2022 03:02 PM PST

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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Observer

chyroptera

Date

October 30, 2022 09:40 AM PDT

Description

...sitting on a metal cormorant

Ray-finned Fishes

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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)

Observer

chyroptera

Date

October 30, 2022 10:32 AM PDT

Description

Tiny fish! School of ~50-100 tiny fish (1inch and smaller) swimming and hiding in the green filamentous algae near the boat docks. Likely juveniles.

Ray-finned Fishes

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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)

Observer

chyroptera

Date

October 30, 2022 10:57 AM PDT

Description

Here is a close-up of one of the tiny fishes thanks to the intrepid @chilipossum
Associated observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140588498

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Observer

anudibranchmom

Date

October 26, 2022 01:54 PM PDT

Description

HELLO AGAIN.
This is now the second time I've photographed this undescribed nudibranch - the first one was found by Luan Roberts when we were dock fouling in August 2021: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91369989

Unfortunately I did not have collecting materials with me, and I couldn't detour via CAS, so it got to go about its nudibranch business after these photos were taken.

This mystery slug does not appear in Behrens et al, Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs, 2021, nor have I found any references to it elsewhere.

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Observer

chilipossum

Date

October 2022

Description

Found by @anudibranchmom
Same individual as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140313024
Third sighting of this mystery slug!

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damontighe

Date

October 29, 2022 11:37 AM PDT

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White-crusted Aeolid (Trinchesia albocrusta)

Observer

anudibranchmom

Date

October 26, 2022 02:57 PM PDT

Description

Mating and laying eggs

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White-crusted Aeolid (Trinchesia albocrusta)

Observer

anudibranchmom

Date

October 26, 2022

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Morro Bay Aeolid (Emarcusia morroensis)

Observer

anudibranchmom

Date

October 26, 2022

Description

Beige, only a tiny bit of orange on the head and a just few white dots, plus short/dense cerata. About 7 mm.

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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Observer

kerstinfirmin

Date

October 8, 2022 08:02 AM PDT

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Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)

Observer

birdingman

Date

January 12, 2022 10:01 AM PST

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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Observer

kerstinfirmin

Date

January 4, 2022 07:41 AM UTC

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Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis)

Observer

rebeccafay

Date

January 10, 2020 12:17 PM PST

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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Observer

el-markos

Date

August 2, 2021 04:47 PM PDT

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Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

Observer

kerstinfirmin

Date

June 27, 2021 05:37 AM PDT

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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Observer

el-markos

Date

June 10, 2021 06:20 AM PDT

Description

The hawk was enjoying a rat breakfast so I was able to get quite close

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Enosima Aeolid (Sakuraeolis enosimensis)

Observer

adrained

Date

September 7, 2020 08:00 AM PDT

Description

Watched it wend its way through the algae. It would the climb up on the surface of the water upside down and be carried around/half swim. Its sharp tail used as an anchor point.

It was also swallowed very briefly by a yellow finned gobi who, when the nudibranch was on the sidewall of the channel, came up underneath, observed a moment. Then swallowed. Then spat

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American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Observer

jannovak

Date

February 13, 2020 12:48 PM HST

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Dinoflagellates and Allies (Phylum Miozoa)

Observer

damontighe

Date

September 26, 2019 08:57 PM PDT

Description

Bioluminescence in Lake Merritt today.

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American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Observer

damontighe

Date

November 15, 2015 03:30 PM PST