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1 0 Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

by Jeffrey GrayOregon, USA

Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by AlexanderSteinOregon, USA

A transparent jellyfish, sometimes with pink-orange cross-shaped gonads. Found ...

0 0 Gooseneck barnacle

Gooseneck barnacle

by shebebusynowNewport, Oregon, USA

jointed white barnacle

1 0 Ochre starfish

Ochre starfish

by shebebusynowNewport, Oregon, USA

gold or purple, stout seastar with a rough skin

2 0 Purple sea urchin

Purple sea urchin

by shebebusynowNewport, Oregon, USA

deep/bright purple echinoderms

5 1 Giant Green Anenome

Giant Green Anenome

by Sarah Garland ShanmugamOregon, USA

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural area just ...

0 0 Dungeness Crab

Dungeness Crab

by CindyBinghamKeiserNewport, Oregon, USA

Brown crab with red and blue tinges on shell, legs and claws

1 4 California Sea Lion

California Sea Lion

by CindyBinghamKeiserNewport, Oregon, USA

Brown Sea Lions

1 0 Surf Scoter

Surf Scoter

by AlexanderSteinEugene, Oregon, USA

head. Found in the Yaquina bay.

0 0 Rockweed

Rockweed

by shebebusynowNewport, Oregon, USA

dark green/brown seaweed (algae) with lobed 'leaves'

0 0 Little Turkish washcloth

Little Turkish washcloth

by shebebusynowNewport, Oregon, USA

brown seaweed (algae) with bumpy surface, broad 'leaves'

4 0 Spotting

Spotting

by AlexanderSteinOregon, USA

An unidentified sea angel found in the

3 0 Hooded Merganser

Hooded Merganser

by AlexanderSteinOregon, USA

in the Yaquina Bay.

0 0 Purple Sea Urchin

Purple Sea Urchin

by Sarah Garland ShanmugamOregon, USA

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural area just ...

0 0 Red Sea Urchin

Red Sea Urchin

by Sarah Garland ShanmugamOregon, USA

You can see my fingers in the reflection, but this is lowtide at

3 0 Evasterias troschelii (Orange Morph)

Evasterias troschelii (Orange Morph)

by AlexanderSteinNewport, Oregon, USA

An orange sea star found in Yaquina Bay ...

2 1 Black Turnstone

Black Turnstone

by AlexanderSteinOregon, USA

A small bird. Has brown feathers on the back of its body with a white ...

3 0 Horned Grebe

Horned Grebe

by AlexanderSteinOregon, USA

A relatively small waterbird. Has a slightly elongated neck. Has dark ...

1 3 Common Loon

Common Loon

by AlexanderSteinNewport, Oregon, USA

the photo is in the Yaquina Bay near the ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by AlexanderSteinOregon, USA

A small spherical ctenophore found in the

0 0 bay pipefish

bay pipefish

by shebebusynowOregon, USA

Thin green fish that is disguised as a piece of eel grass, with a long snout.

1 1 Gumboot Chiton

Gumboot Chiton

by Sarah Garland ShanmugamOregon, USA

, and the chiton was not pried from the rocks.

2 0 Ochre Star

Ochre Star

by Sarah Garland ShanmugamOregon, USA

These are pretty easy to find all over the coast in Oregon, but best in the ...

9 1 tufted puffin

tufted puffin

by shebebusynowOregon, USA

Black water bird with yellow legs and a big yellow beak characteristic of their ...

0 0 Red Rock Crab

Red Rock Crab

by Sarah Garland ShanmugamNewport, Oregon, USA

In the tidepools at the Yaquina Head ...

2 0 Heart Cockle

Heart Cockle

by AlexanderSteinNewport, Oregon, USA

A clam I find often in the Yaquina bay. ...

2 0 giant red sea urchin

giant red sea urchin

by shebebusynowNewport, Oregon, USA

largest of the sea urchins, bright red

1 0 Steller sea lion

Steller sea lion

by shebebusynowNewport, Oregon, USA

large, barking sea mammal with small ears

0 0 Pacific shrew

Pacific shrew

by shebebusynowOregon, USA

Small mammal 2 1/2" from tip of nose to base of tail; tail 2 1/4" long. Tail ...

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