I don't even care if that isn't grammatically accurate. I had so much fun today with tidepools. So much fun!
In Wisconsin, there are no tidepools. I had no idea what I was missing before this. It is GLORIOUS. Rather than going into a giant spiel, I'm going to show some of my favorite pictures that I took and explain about what's in them.
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| Barnacles--they will sometimes sound crunchy under your feet and they are EVERYWHERE |
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| Mussel |
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| Blood star |
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| Look at those tube feet! |
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| And here's a decorator crab |
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| And a suckerfish |
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| I found this sea cucumber! It's a baby~! |
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| Anemones are super pretty when they're not all closed up |
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| Aren't the colors gorgeous? |
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| These are baby jellyfish attached to a bull kelp leaf. They're not even old enough to go off on their own yet! |
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| This is one happy, fed anemone |
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| STARFISH (actually called "sea stars") |
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| TUBE FEET! |
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| This is a special type of starfish called the sunflower star |
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| Another sunflower star, with tube feet! |
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| And my purple buddy's been returned to his natural habitat |
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| We were seeing quite a lot of blood stars |
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| And then a nudibranch! |
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| Isn't it a cutie? |
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| Baby blood star |
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| Older blood star |
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| And poppies (not in the tidal zone, but coming back from it) |
In conclusion, I have discovered a love for tube feet, I need to go to more tidepools, and buying a waterproof camera is surely in my future.
sounds like someone had an awesome summer :)
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