Rolling Hills

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Charlie Seablom had a team of four working on the windy beach at Rolling Hills on June 13. They found four live moon snails (Euspira lewisii) by watching for bulging areas in the substrate, pushed up by the moon snail creeping along just under the surface. The group also found flatworms, purple ribbon worms, several green sea urchins and a small scavenging snail of the genus Nassarius. Charlie reports that his small but experienced team worked efficiently and work went quickly along the 260 foot profile line.

Rolling Hills-May 25, 2009

Graceful kelp crab egg mass

Rolling Hills team photo 2009

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Rolling Hills is located along Penn Cove and Charlie Seablom put together a team of six to look it over on Memorial Day, May 25th. The great sunny weather made for a good day to be at the beach although a ring around the sun suggested rain was on the way. John Moon and Victor Robard were intrigued by the moon snailsthey found. Lily Yocum noted her highlight as a graceful crab (Cancer gracilis) with an egg mass tucked under its abdomen.

Rolling Hills

Rolling Hills team photo 2008

Charlie Seablom's Rolling Hills team was also out on June 5th. The big low pressure front that had plagued Whidbey Island beach monitors all week continued to move through and gave this team a good dousing of rain. Charlie tells us that the highlight for him was "getting home and getting dry!" He reports that he had a good crew and everything went well except for the weather. They did not make any unusual findings.