tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post2725332625553786027..comments2024-01-18T11:19:45.934-08:00Comments on Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds): Hunger is the best spiceSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-55921249803261398512012-09-19T02:06:59.983-07:002012-09-19T02:06:59.983-07:00Olivia, "Nudus colony"! I'm going to...Olivia, "Nudus colony"! I'm going to start calling them this from now on.<br /><br />biobabbler, On the White Rock beach in the winter, when the wind is up, the upper beach is constantly rattling with the stones rolling in and out. It's a difficult type of environment, even for mobile species like crabs. I wonder how far we'd have to dig down to find live critters.<br /><br />Margy, only in spots. But maybe, six inches beneath those rocks, we would have found more life.<br /><br />I'll have to do a bit of real digging next time I'm in a stony area.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-8600530196232517262012-09-18T19:37:06.948-07:002012-09-18T19:37:06.948-07:00Seems to have more living than Bellingham Bay alre...Seems to have more living than Bellingham Bay already. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-26656319498241628772012-09-18T08:56:29.763-07:002012-09-18T08:56:29.763-07:00I didn't appreciate for a long time how uncomm...I didn't appreciate for a long time how uncommon beach areas were with LARGE, STABLE, very hard rocks. Since my first biological monitoring was of said rocks, and the plethora of life they sport/enable, I thought it was normal.<br /><br />Then I noticed how very common it is if rocks are just a bit smaller, they get flung around by the waves, and crush any tiny barnacle etc. trying to grow upon it. And there is precious little out there for snacking.<br /><br />I love the yellow in those 1st rocks--beautiful!biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-17641461706275227522012-09-18T07:43:14.451-07:002012-09-18T07:43:14.451-07:00Ah, yes, Hemigrapsus oregonensis (green) vs. Hemig...Ah, yes, <i>Hemigrapsus oregonensis</i> (green) vs. <i>Hemigrapsus nudus</i> (purple/no leg hair)! I studied <i>H. oregonensis</i> in college during an REU internship; the grad student in my lab often talked about taking a picture of a bunch of purple shore crabs, making a poster of it, and labeling it "Nudus Colony."Olivia V. Ambrogiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009379233200729384noreply@blogger.com