Category: Logs and Narratives
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Tide Pooling Log: Napili, Maui, HI, Day 2
Day one implies day two, right? If you haven’t read the first tide pooling log about our finds in the intertidal in Hawaii this fall, check out this article before reading on. The finds the night before had been so great that we just had to go back out on the rocks again. It was…
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Tide Pooling Log: Cinque Terre, West Coast of Italy
The Mediterranean is known as non-tidal as the tides of the Atlantic just barely squeeze a little water through the straight of Gibraltar before moving on. But on our trip to Italy this month, I was determined to see some intertidal animals. After doing some research and asking helpful friends on iNaturalist, I found a…
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Tide Pooling Log: Corona Del Mar, December
To be quite honest, I prefer tide pooling at night. While often the cold and darkness can make logistics harder, the animals you see are so worth it. There is nothing quite like being on the rocks at night with all the nocturnal animals emerging from their hiding places just after dusk. Recently, we visited…
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Tide Pooling Log: Napili, Maui, HI, Day One
In previous trips to the Hawaiian islands, I had been somewhat disappointed with the tide pooling. The rocks were mostly dominated by brittle stars, urchins, and seemed to serve as nurseries for reef fish. They appeared entirely homogenous, and I focused more on snorkeling. But this most recent trip to Maui, I was determined to…
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Tide Pooling Log: Buggy’s Beach, Ketchikan, AL
The Pacific Northwest is famed for its abundance of life in the intertidal and while visiting Alaska’s inside passage, I knew I had to find a place to go tide pooling. Thanks to a helpful Luan Roberts (@Luanimal, of Nature Lookings), I found a beach near Ketchikan, far outside the touristy area that I could…
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A Lesson in Density and Diversity From a Red Sea Urchin
This is one of my favorite images I’ve take while tide pooling. Now before you say, “Kassidy, you’ve taken lots of better images than that,” hear my out. When I was first getting into avid tide pooling, I wasn’t very confident visiting the tide pools after dark. But one night when there was a good…
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