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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)Observer
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low-marsh. taking refuge from the rain. It flew over from the water. It stayed there hunched over while we walked by to get over the gate.
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California Killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis)Observer
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Creek: Was immediately released, I was only able to take one image of the fish. Sorry for the poor quality.
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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)Observer
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Low-marsh, next to creek. This is dead, or at least zero spotted movement. It is bigger than the one I saw in the mudflat.
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Western Marsh Rosemary (Limonium californicum)Observer
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Low- marsh in comparison to the other observation in high marsh. This rosemary has a lot of competition.
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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)Observer
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low-marsh. Crime scene! Two pinchers spotted, no body in site.
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California Horn Snail (Cerithideopsis californica)Observer
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low-marsh. There are a lot of CA horn snails here, although I did not spot one shell alive and moving. We learned about a parasite that kill CA horn snails.
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Mediterranean Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)Observer
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mudflat. A pile of mussels.
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Asian Date Mussel (Arcuatula senhousia)Observer
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mudflat. invasive, thought I heard our professor say it was Japanese -something-mussel, here the suggested species is Asian Date Mussel. I apologize for the poor quality photo, but it was a dark black with some brights hues such as the photo of Asian Date Mussels, but not as quite noticeable.
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Cloudy Bubble Snail (Bulla gouldiana)Observer
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mudflats. was in the water, its eyes are still inside the shell (?). Sorry for the poor quality images.
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Polychaete Worms (Class Polychaeta)Observer
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mudflats. The focus on the red worms, they have ecological functions in turning over the soil.
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Devil's Thorn (Rumex spinosus)Observer
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high marsh, not often inundated. We spoke of this plant species on Wednesday, it pushes the salt to its leaves which turns red and drops. It is an adaptation to deal with desiccation.
I found quite a few in low marsh, as can be exhibited in the other photo of this species type (note the lack of competition immediately surrounding this specimen).
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Beach Suncup (Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia)Observer
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Mid-Marsh (debatable if this low or high). There are several plants on this second tier, the beach suncup was blooming and seems do be doing good. This small elevation change (in comparison to mudflat) increases the amount of plant species growing.
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Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)Observer
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Mudflat,mostly inundated during low tide. Lying on top of algae. A few specimens (possibly from the same source) found in this part of the mudflat.
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Pacific Oyster (Magallana gigas)Observer
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mudflat, increased algae and seaweed growth near here. The Pacific oyster has what I believe are (acorn?) barnacles growing on it. In another instance I found small crabs under the oyster (my camera was unable to focus on the crab).
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
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High tidal zone. Unsuccessful in getting a photo of even just one kelp fly. They were very small and quick to move.
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Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)Observer
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On the pillars of the pier. Focused camera on the anemone. Can't locate my overall photo that exemplifies the difference of species by location (height) on the pillar.
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Coastal Goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii)Observer
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High zone/splash zone. Has to be drough tolerant and somewhat dessication tolerant.
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)Observer
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Low tide. Wading through the water to get food. Long narrow beak and long legs. The bird flews or moves quickly out of the water if the tidal wave is too strong.
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Bean Clam Hydroid (Eucheilota bakeri)Observer
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Low tidal zone. Spotted a large number of bean clams. Focused on a small group of clams, most of them moved periodically (wiggle) and movement increased with the tide coming in.
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Bean Clam Hydroid (Eucheilota bakeri)Observer
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At the lowest part of mid tidal zone. Spotted two bean clams that are flipped, as in the hydroid are inside the soil. This is different than what I spotted in low tide (a large number of clams, all with the hydroids side out of the sand). Furthermore the sand is much more dry here and I did not see any movement.
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Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)Observer
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Mid tidal zone. Was on surfave when I saw the crab. Very small, the 2nd photo has a small sand wall that is from my index finger quickly pushing up sand to block the crab and force it to turn around. That tiny wall may give context for how small it is.
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High tidal zone in the sand about 5 inches and under seaweed. Jumps fast and often to return to sand.
