A good day brought out new pretty shells, pieces of coral, starfish and sea urchins....what fun!
The jellyfish....beware of pretty blue bubbles in the water!
Tracks of all kinds: bird, turtle,dog, people, crabs etc.
Everyday was a new something....something perished here, was it big bird?
Then there were the squadrons of pelicans, flying low and menacing, back and forth patrolling the coastline. And for comic relief, they would literally fall out of the sky, nose first in a big splash when they saw something tasty. Scared me silly the first time I saw it and after that I just had to laugh. They might be graceful in the air but they sure are sloppy eaters.
The wind and waves even changed the lay of the land from day to day. And yes that is some bird that exploded apparently, there were feathers everywhere. I believe it was a seagull. The sea crabs were very useful at cleaning up the days mess every night. Fascinating.
These markers are to identify and record the laying of turtle eggs. There are two dates on each marker, one designates the date the egg was laid in the sand and the other date is the expected arrival. We watched this one every day but the cool weather was making the little fellow stay put according to the local expert. The last morning we went out there were fresh momma tracks, and new nests, it was so cool!
And then the puffer fish were there, did you know they are poisonous, but a delicacy in China? Scary.
They are kind of cute though, when they are undead.
Ewww.
2 comments:
Very interesting & good photos, especially of Grant this time. Did you see the birds swimming on the ocean that would suddenly dive underwater to look for fish and stay down quite a while before coming up for air?
Dad Burgess
Maybe the fish bit off the birds leg as the bird was trying to capture his supper!
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