The water was lower than I've ever seen it at Baikie Island last week. Under the bridge, the stones were dry; the north arm of the slough held a few small puddles at the far end. At the tip of the island, reaching out towards the main arm of the river, I walked dry-shod across a usually inaccessible creek. Here, the low water exposed seaweeds, just under the surface, normally completely hidden.
Unidentified seaweeds. |
These don't look like any of the seaweeds I'm familiar with, the ones on our salt chuck shores. But then, this area is half salt, half fresh water, changing twice daily with the tides. The mud here was too soft for me to dare to wade in to collect a specimen.
The white specks on top are floating willow or cottonwood fluff; I'm not sure about the beige patches.
Playing around on Google maps, I found this view of Baikie Island.
And last week, most of the water on the left was gone. The seaweeds are in that notch in the tip of the "leaf". |
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En la isla Baikie, casi no había agua cuando estuve allí la semana pasada. Bajo el puente que da a la isla, solamente había piedras secas. En el pantano al norte de la isla, unos charquitos eran todo lo que quedaba del agua. En el extremo de la isla, donde llega a la corriente del rio, pude cruzar lo que normalmente es un riachuelo, ahora sin ni siquiera humedecer los zapatos. Y al final encontré, todavía bajo la superficie del agua, estas algas marinas.
Foto: Tres niveles. Bajo la superficie; las algas. Las cosas flotantes son el "algodón" de los sauces o de los álamos. Y las manchas cafés, no sé que serán.
En Google, encontré esta foto de la isla, mostrando el agua que rodea la isla. La semana pasada, desde el puente y todo el lado a la izquerda era tierra seca. (¿Se podría decir, entonces, que la isla no era una isla en ese momento?)
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