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noun – a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable

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    • Arthropods – “Jointed Legs”
      • Barnacles
        • Acorn Barnacle
        • Little Brown Barnacle
        • Thatched or Haystack Barnacle
      • Crabs
        • Black-Clawed Shore Crab
        • Bluehand or Blueband Hermit Crab
        • Graceful Crab
        • Graceful Kelp Crab
        • Grainyhand Hermit Crab
        • Hairy Hermit Crab
        • Hairy Shore Crab
        • Northern Kelp Crab
        • Purple Shore Crab
        • Red Rock Crab
      • Shrimp, Isopods and Amphipods
        • Dock Shrimp
    • Cnidaria
      • Jellies
        • Lion’s Mane Jelly
        • Moon Jelly
      • Sea Anemones
        • Aggregated Green Anemone
        • Giant Green Anemone
        • Giant Plumose Anemone
        • Moonglow Anemone
        • Painted Anemone
        • Short Plumose Anemone
        • Stubby Rose Anemone
    • Echinoderms
      • Sea Cucumbers
        • Orange Sea Cucumber
        • Stiff Footed Sea Cucumber
      • Sea Stars
        • Blood Star
        • Brittle Star
        • Common or Ochre Sea Star
        • Giant Pink Star
        • Leather Star
        • Mottled Sea Star
        • Sunflower Sea Star
      • Urchins and Sand Dollars
        • Eccentric Sand Dollar
    • Eggs on the Beach!
    • Fish
      • Plainfin Midshipman
      • Tidepool Sculpin
    • Marine Worms
      • Northern Feather Duster Worms
      • Red Ribbon Worm
      • Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tube Worm
    • Mollusks
      • Abalone, Limpet, Snails
        • Black Turban Snail
        • Dogwinkle Snails
        • Lewis Moon Snail
        • Limpets
        • Purple Olive
      • Bivalves
        • Nuttall’s Cockle
        • Pacific Blue Mussel
        • Pacific Oyster
      • Chitons
        • Black Katy Chiton
        • Giant Pacific Chiton
        • Mossy Chiton
        • Unidentified Chiton
      • Sea Slugs
        • Barnacle Eating Dorid
        • Opalescent Nudibranch
        • Sea Lemon
        • Shaggy Mouse Nudibranch
        • Striped Nudibranch
  • Where to Find Birds in Kitsap County
  • Wonder Watch – Early Summer

My Secret Life of Plankton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQ_fO2D7f0&vl=en

Why are So Many Sea Stars Dying?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSFdjvES_Y

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Lowland Forest, Mosses, Winter, Woodland Plants

Menagerie of Mosses

Poulsbo, WA – I love walking January’s chilly forest. Winter solstice has quietly passed and the woodlands are resting before … Continue reading Menagerie of Mosses

Twilight Zones
Lowland Forest, Night Sky, Summer

Twilight Zones

Poulsbo, WA – Do you remember the Twilight Zone television series from the 1950s and 60s?  Each episode was a … Continue reading Twilight Zones

Snapshot – Northern Kelp Crab
Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Marine Plants and Algae, Snapshot, tide pool

Snapshot – Northern Kelp Crab

Shine Tidelands, WA – When it comes to observing intertidal marine life, there is nothing like a good low tide.  … Continue reading Snapshot – Northern Kelp Crab

Tracking Tide Pool Wonders
tide pool

Tracking Tide Pool Wonders

Hood Canal, WA. – It’s late May and we are all restless to be outside exploring.  Here at the edge … Continue reading Tracking Tide Pool Wonders

Snapshot – Banana Slugs
Decomposers, Land Mollusks, Lowland Forest, Snapshot

Snapshot – Banana Slugs

Kingston, Wa – If you know anything about western Washington and Oregon, you’ll know that we are serious about our … Continue reading Snapshot – Banana Slugs

Arizona Rocks! Birthday Wishes
Desert, Rocks and Minerals, Sonoran Desert

Arizona Rocks! Birthday Wishes

Scottsdale, AZ – Say what you will about the desert’s dry, brown landscape, but no one can deny that where … Continue reading Arizona Rocks! Birthday Wishes

Snapshot – Orange Sea Cucumber
Echinoderms, Sea Cucumbers, Snapshot, Spring Snapshot, tide pool

Snapshot – Orange Sea Cucumber

Bainbridge Island, WA – A trip to a Salish Sea beach at low tide is truly a treasure hunt.  Most … Continue reading Snapshot – Orange Sea Cucumber

Snapshot – Sunflower Sea Star
Echinoderms, Sea Stars, Snapshot, tide pool

Snapshot – Sunflower Sea Star

Hansville, WA – Sea stars, also known as starfish, are a favorite among beach goers. Their iconic five point symmetry … Continue reading Snapshot – Sunflower Sea Star

Spring Snapshot – Red Rock Crab
Crabs, Crustaceans, Marine Mammals, Spring Snapshot

Spring Snapshot – Red Rock Crab

Hansville, WA – The first beach trek of the spring/summer season is always full of great anticipation and joy.   Here … Continue reading Spring Snapshot – Red Rock Crab

Things Unseen – Great Horned Owls
Birds, Crepuscular, Desert, Nesting, Owls

Things Unseen – Great Horned Owls

  Scottsdale, AZ – Tracking wonder in the great Sonoran Desert has been pure pleasure this year. We have had … Continue reading Things Unseen – Great Horned Owls

Things Unseen – Mystery of the Monarch
Butterflies, Insects, Pollinators, Spring

Things Unseen – Mystery of the Monarch

Things Unseen is a special series of posts to get you and the people where you live thinking about the … Continue reading Things Unseen – Mystery of the Monarch

Eek! A Snake! – Which One?
Crepuscular, Desert, Reptiles, Sonoran Desert

Eek! A Snake! – Which One?

Do you know the difference between a venomous rattlesnake and a non venomous gopher snake? The desert is full of look alike snakes and it is important to know the differences. Continue reading Eek! A Snake! – Which One?

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