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| Sunset from the marina |
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| Raccoon foraging at low tide |
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| Raccoon eating a crab |
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| A new visitor to the bird feeders: red crossbill |
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| The underside of an unknown intertidal creature - anyone have any ideas? Dave? |
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| Smoke hanging in the air during Friday Harbor's 4th of July fireworks |
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| Lopez Island fireworks and the (almost) full moon, as seen looking over Pear Point |
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| Turkey vulture at Land Bank |
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| Sailboat in Haro Strait |
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| Mama hairy woodpecker feeding her fledgling chick at the suet feeder on a foggy morning |
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| West side summer sunset from Land Bank |
The unknown creature is a chiton. I've only seen a handful in the hours I've spent roaming the coastlines of the Pacific Northwest, and they do seem to be more abundant in more pristine locations.
ReplyDeleteNever seen a chiton although we do get several species of them on the rocky western coasts down in Cornwall, Wales, western Ireland and the west coast of Scotland - none round here on our mud flats and salt marshes.
ReplyDeleteLove the silhouetted crossbill - good pics all round!
Cheers
Davo
Yup. A gumboot chiton would be my guess. Love those things!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! I've seen two different species of local chitons before but never a gumboot chiton. It looks a lot different than the others, so I didn't recognize it as the same family! Very cool.
ReplyDeleteMonika, you're photos are just beautiful. What a neat picture of the crossbill - you sure can see the crossed bills!
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