I always love seeing black oystercatchers when I’m on the coast, with their bright orange bills and sensational orange-ringed yellow eyes, but I suppose my opinion would be quite different if I was a mollusk in a tide pool.
Tag: California
Here Comes the Tide
I had many thoughts as the ocean covered my feet as I photographed the incoming tide washing over the starfish, anemones, and mussels attached to this large rock. My first thought was that I need to get some tall waterproof boots (which reminds me, I need to get some tall waterproof boots). But mostly I was just amazed that any creatures could survive in this spot, sometimes in air, sometimes in water, and that I could stand in this spot for a hundred years and still not fully understand the little ecosystem right in front of me.
Dinner
Everyone gets their dinner as an elk calf nurses from its mother while she and another cow eat the grasses of Elk Meadow in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.
Wall of Eyes
You are being watched.
📷: Canon 7D II | Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II
🗓️: June 6, 2016
Marbling
Patterns in a rock on Enderts Beach in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
Beach Pebbles
Red Wood
Mint Chocolate
The Glowing Moss
This heavy moss on a redwood tree was almost glowing in the diffuse sunlight. At some point someone or something had brushed against the tree, knocking a chunk of moss from the bark, but time heals all wounds and the moss will one day reclaim the open space.
Strength
Boolie 