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Tonicella sp |
Crescent Harbor monitoring team photo 2009 |
Evasterias troschelii |
The Crescent Harbor team enjoyed warm temperatures, sunny skies, and a -3 foot tide on April 27th. The team was made up of just four members but they worked at a steady pace and made it to the waters edge at just the right moment, as the tide dropped to its lowest point. Jean Allen enjoyed being back on the beach and made some great finds. She was the first to spot barnacle eating nudibranchs with their egg masses.
Mottled sea stars (Evasterias troschelii), lined chitons (Tonicella lineata),and gunnel eels made the day’s highlight list as did a pair of river otters that hauled out nearby on a partially submerged erratic.