Michael leading the group down to the beach
– N. Pezel

Michael introducing us to beach life
– N. Pezel

Our playground for the afternoon!
– N. Pezel

Finding interesting things in the rocks and tidepools
– N. Pezel

A sampling of the shells from the beach
– N. Pezel

With a little agitation you can make your own bit of “quicksand”
– N. Pezel

A collection of purple stars
– D. Bedry

The mussels suffered grievously in the recent heat wave
– D. Bedry

No beach trip is complete without learning a little bit about the sands!
– N. Pezel

A ghost shrimp in a tide pool
– N. Pezel

A leather star
– N. Pezel

Sometimes we just enjoyed a nice day at the beach!
– D. Bedry

Life’s a beach
by Tom Koleszar, 18 July 2021

After being postponed due to heat two weeks ago, we finally got to go on our beach field trip on Sunday.  The tide was nice and low, and the day warm and sunny (but not too hot!)

Michael Stewart lead us on a walk along the beach at Lang Bay, learning about beach life and finding many interesting things in the sand, amongst the rocks, and in the tide pools.  David Bedry added to the afternoon by helping us explore the sand in more depth and learn more of the shellfish, too.  We also found out a little bit about the nature of beach sands and how they move and evolve.

All in all, it was a wonderful day at the beach, and thanks again to the trip leaders for such an informative day.