That first day (12 June) was pretty cold and visibility was poor.
I shivered all the way home
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I shivered all the way home
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Things improved in July. Here’s a Pacific Sand Dollar (Dendraster excentricus) at Myrtle Rocks
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20 July. A nice anemone at Frolander Bay (I don’t know the species)
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20 July. Green Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis)
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25 July. Now THIS is camouflage! I suspect this is a sculpin.
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28 July. My best photo of the year. The wonderfully and aptly-named Speckled Sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus) – my new favorite
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28 July. A few Shiner Perch (Cymatogaster aggregata),
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23 August. Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)
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28 Aug. Lots of Ochre Stars (Pisaster ochraceous) at Willingdon today.
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30 Aug. Kelp crab (Pugettia producta) having a “bad hair” day.
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1 Sept. Pacific Staghorn Sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)
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10 Sept. Leather Star (Dermasterias imbricata)
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by Andrew Bryant, 14 September 2022.
Even though mandatory mask requirements have been lifted…
I’ve been out snorkeling pretty much every day since 12 June. I’m not a marine biologist. The best part of that fact is that everything is still new to me. Which keeps me excited about learning new things – and that happens pretty regularly.
There’s a whole network of local scuba divers who’ve helped me identify many of the species shown here – especially Sean Percy. And yes perhaps one day I will find time to create an “underwater life-list”…but not today.
Because snorkeling season is not quite over yet!
