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Foster’s Tern Fosters Tern Sterna Forsteri Commonly seen Spring, Summer and Fall on the Elkhorn Slough Often confused with a Common Tern being medium sized with silvery wings and a forked tail.  Forster’s Tern have a longer tail and when not breeding with display a black eyepatch. Flying slowly over the water Forster’s Terns scan…

Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa commonly seen in the fall, winter and spring and are unusual to see int he summer The Marbled Godwit is a large shorebird, about the size of a crow, with a small head and this neck its bill is slightly upturned and extremely long. When in flight the birds legs will stick…

Sea Otters, doing their part for conservation! Incredibly interesting article on the relationship between otters, sea urchins, and the kelp forest.  Did you know that sea otters are choosing to eat the more nutritious sea urchins that live off the kelp forests instead of the urchins found in the sea urchin barrens?  Scientists are working…

Urechis caupo Commonly known as the fat innkeeper worm, are a species of spoon worm in the Urechidea family.  Found in shallow water on the west coast between Oregon and Baja California. The Innkeeper worm forms U Shaped burrows in the sediment and using a mucus net feeds on plankton. The common name Fat innkeeper…