“Each breaking wave, each rush of the sea on the slope of sand, reminds me why these places of pilgrimage matter. They matter to me because in the long view, I do not. I am driftwood. I am rockweed. I am osprey and the mackerel in the clutch of her feet. I am a woman standing on the edge of the continent looking out. ”

Purple ochre star- Constellation Beach

Ochre Star-Constellation Beach

Green sea urchin-Constellation Beach

Stringy acid kelp/Witches hair-Constellation Beach

Acid kelp-Golden Gardens

Sugar kelp-Golden Gardens

Red eyelet silk seaweed-Constellation Beach

Succulent seaweed/Sea noodles- Constellation Beach

Sea grape-Constellation Beach

Seaweed- Constellation Beach

Moon snail egg case-Constellation Beach

Whelk eggs-Constellation Beach

Sea lemon eggs-Constellation Beach

Shaggy mouse nudibranch eggs-Constellation Beach

Sculpin eggs-Constellation Beach

Aggregating anemones-Golden Gardens

Plumose anemone-Constellation Beach

Plumose anemone-Constellation Beach

Decorator crab-Constellation Beach

Kelp crab-Constellation Beach

Coonstripe shrimp-Constellation Beach

Top snail-Constellation Beach

Clam shell with evidence of Moon Snail predation and covered in tiny, baby barnacles!

Spiny pink scallop covered in sponge-Constellation Beach

Breadcrumb sponge-Constellation Beach

Bushy backed nudibranch-Constellation Beach

Leopard dorid nudibranch-Constellation Beach

Opalescent nudibranch-Constellation Beach


Basket worm-Constellation Beach

Calcareous tube worm-Constellation Beach

Unidentified worm-Constellation Beach

Flat top tunicate-Constellation Beach

Flat top tunicate-Constellation Beach

Shore birds- Constellation Beach

Sleeping Sea lions-Golden Gardens

Calcarious tube worm, swaddled in Eelgrass at Constellation Beach

Brant Geese, stopping at Constellation Beach to munch on the Eelgrass at low tide.

Painted anemone, belly hanging out! Constellation Beach.