plant/animal reference) to get a bigger pictureFootprint Rock team photo 2010 | Gobiesox meandricus |
Charlie Seablom and his Footprint Rock team had a gorgeous sunny day with a million dollar view of the Olympics to enjoy as they hiked along the beach to their monitoring site on June 12th. They did some exploring along the way and caught sight of a bald eagle perched in a tree high on the bluff. Charlie reports that the upper part of the profile line went quickly but slippery Ulva covered rocks slowed things down a bit as they approached the water line. The day's highlights included finding a sea lemon, a northern clingfish (Gobiesox maeandricus), and an inch long wormlike organism thought to be a burrowing anemone. Team members also enjoyed seeing a number of polychaetes and a real variety of seaweeds.