Exploring the Seashore in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon: A Guide to Shorebirds and Intertidal Plants and AnimalsThis easy-to-use guidebook, now in its 11th printing, enables anyone, from beginner to expert, to identify 285 shorebirds and intertidal plants and animals. Beautifully illustrated with 94 colour photographs. |
Contents
About This Book | 7 |
Some Final Words About Using This Field Guide | 14 |
The Rocky Seashore | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Acorn Barnacle algae amphipods animals living barnacles birds blades body bright British Columbia Brittle Star brown burrows Cape carapace Chiton cm in length cm long cobblestone beach color common covered crevices dunes eelgrass eggs exposed feed fish gravel gray green gulls habitat Hairy head headlands High Tide Zone holdfast holes Horse Clams intertidal Island isopods Jellyfish Kelp legs limpets Little-neck look Low Tide Zone mud flats muddy mussels neck Nemertean Nudibranch numbers offshore orange outer coast oyster Park patches Photo pink plants and animals protected Purple reaches a length rockweeds rocky shores sand sandy beaches Scallop sea anemones Sea Cucumber Sea Lettuce Sea Squirt sea stars sea urchins seashore seaweeds shell shellfish shorebirds Shrimp siphons snails species specimens Spray Zone stalk surf surf-swept surface tentacles thick tide line tidepools tiny tube feet underside Vancouver wave action Whelk whorls winter yellow