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Though not rare, they are typically only seen offshore so they aren't often ...
Rectangular-shaped diatom with a spike at each end and this round structure ...
Long, thin algae with pointed tips forming chains in some cases, but many of ...
Less common than some of the other algae species we observed under the ...
Thin diatoms that have pointed tips and instead of a straight overlap, they ...
A pair of humpbacks that seemed to be moving out of the area and did a couple ...
There were many of them nesting on the crags of these rock columns. Their beaks ...
Chains of cells with rounded, capsule-shaped structures in each cell. I think ...
A pair of them were swimming in a protected area between islands. They surfaced ...
Seen in the distance, but I determined Pomarine rather than Parasitic Jaeger ...
I think this may be a side view or a different species from my other spotting ...
Members of this genus were the most common plankton in this sample. These ones ...
Coscinodiscus? It was the only one like it that I observed in this sample that ...
This chain of diatoms looked different than some of the others I saw, as the ...
In the last photo, you can see the dragonfly in my previous spotting. I found ...
I was surprised to see these sea lions so high up on a rock. It must take them ...
We came upon three bears together surrounded by a large flock of ducks. One was ...
Pale peach cap, white toothed underside. The stipes seemed to have little ...
There were quite a few copepods in this seawater sample. I believe this is a ...
These are really interesting as they can photosynthesize and they can also move ...
Though it was just a skeleton, it was one of the more interesting finds in this ...
. They live in the rain forests of the Pacific Northwest and were introduced to ...
This is the first time I have seen them on land. There were several on this ...
Small plant with one flower per plant and distinctive leaves. It is quite ...
The tiny, four-petaled flowers and seeds that stick to your clothes are ...
Large brown deer laying around and chewing cud. These Elk are part of the ...
The Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) is smaller, ...
This chain had at least a dozen individuals on it. This one had very distinct ...
This was just two diatoms starting a small chain. There are two in the first ...
I was standing on the beach when I saw this dragonfly trying to swim and ...
Solitary, circle-shaped diatom with lots of little speckles in it that I ...
Chaetoceros was the most abundant genus represented in this sample, and is one ...
The berries grow in small clumps of drupelets. I usually find 1-3 on a berry ...