Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Seals and Stars

I've only been out kayaking a couple of times this spring. The first time I didn't take my camera. The second time I did and I was happy to see quite a few harbor seals both in and out of the water.

Harbor Seals

Harbor Seal

The tide was very low which was good for spotting sea stars. I didn't see many Ochre Stars (the purple and orange ones) which I remember as being the most common when I was younger. But I did see quite a few Leather Stars.

Leather Star and Rock Weed

Leather Star and Sea Sack

Notice the Sea Sack at the top right. They are a type of algae (sea weed). They fill up with water when submerged and then when exposed by the tide they use the water to stay moist and cool.

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